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Every now and then, a hope sneaks out In the fragile heart of this loner
By Sujata Karki

Every now and then, a hope sneaks out

In the fragile heart of this loner


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I’ve lost the belief that God

Hears my prayers

I wonder if he even

Understands my language

Though tirelessly, I speak out.

 This is not what I love

Only that I’ve adapted to this whole way

Weak and fearful that I am

Staying still, here I lay all day

Nothing left but to stare moon, count stars

Home for them, warm and welcoming

Home for me, this cold kennel

A barely fitting space, within iron bars.

 I have ceased to keep faith and understand

Love, isn’t it what they say they render?

For me, a plight, so damned

No one ever pats my head, let alone care

And while I shiver in this cold outside

Asleep in warm cozy beds, they are.


In their big hearts, not able to be in

Oh, but what am I so worth for?

Just an old animal, ugly and lean

I’m of no use now, bores them my cries

So my life, they’ve owned

So cruel with it they’ve been

Sneaking through these bars, sometimes I see

Lucky are those, in the street but free

Day are arduous, and all the same for me

I sit and sleep 

I pray and weep.

A hope sneaks out

Wish I could get a life

Not of their possession, but my own

Before I get into the forever sleep. 

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