Abstraction

Touch the serene cinders.
Feel – death.
Touch the wrinkled eyes.
Feel – time.
Touch the morning rays.
Feel – light.
Touch the bare chest.
Feel – sound.
Touch the cold soil.
Feel – diversity.
Touch the palm of the father.
Feel – equality.
Touch the widow’s heart.
Feel – silence.
Touch the forgotten dream.
Feel – darkness.
Touch the tears of the bereaved.
Feel – stillness.
Touch the feet of the departed.
Feel – life.

Wangchuk Bhutia has received commendable mentions in The Rabindranath Tagore International Poetry Competition 2015 and The Wingword Poetry Competition 2019. This work was written at Kalimpong and Kathmandu.