Rigzin Namgyal Poems

beautiful girl, beautiful girl
you are so powerful
beautiful girl, beautiful girl
i should have drawn a line
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..so here i am amidst the mountains..
..just the mountains and me..
..for its grandeur like a potent wine..
..flows through every rock, every pebble..
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O breathe a word
or two of fire
smile as if those words
should burn me
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in your light I learnt how to love
in your beauty how to make poems
you danced inside my chest
where no one saw you
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for every moan that escaped you during my birth
every bit of my flesh i owe to you 'O Mother'
in great pain did you bear me for my existence
all my pain belittles in front of you ' O Mother '
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..O wicked creature of gossamer wing...
..sashaying by that night i heard you sing....
..you tiny monster how cunningly did you fly..
..that night i saw the murderous, bloodthirsty look in your eye..
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he was born poor..
his whole life..
he lived..plagued by po(v) erty..
his rich neighbor had a dog..
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feeling so tired what should I do
feeling so dull what should I do
O God! ! ! what punishment I deserved from thee
this exam is killing me
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i did not understand symbols
you taught me symbols
you gave me symbols
we spoke in silence
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..i was caught unaware...
..was too timid but for her did i gulp the fear..
..when she spoke i quivered...
...my body went numb as i shivered..
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