Every Morning

Every morning

I wake up with the news

of bloodshed.

I feel my body,

desperate to know whether

I’m still alive.

I express my thankfulness

to the only Saviour:

“Thank God,

my name isn’t in the list of those

who died or were

killed yesterday!”

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Translated from Nepali by Manu Manjil

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