Quarantine

Anonymous (by request)
April 24, 2024

For many years

I was walking alone along this path of life

But, suddenly today someone wants to walk with me,

stay with me...

But me,I don't want that

because I haven't lived life to the full

But, no, the person doesn't agree

I try persuasion

but the person just stands and stares at me

Maybe torn, like me

There is regret in my eyes

There is a limit to faith.

From that boundary

we gaze at each other

This life goes on

as we still try to persuade each other.

This poem was included in the Nepali Times' Diaspora Diaries series: https://nepalitimes.com/news/uae-warning-to-send-back-workers-including-nepalis