“I salute my desires with a bow.,
were it not for them to come and play
mind would be empty just like me.”

—  Suman Pokhrel

Desire http://lifeandlegends.com/suman-pokhrel-translated-dr-abhi-subedi/ <br class="br">From Poetry

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