Solitary Fantasist, A Poem by Rajendra Ojha ‘Nayan’

Solitary Fantasist

A Poem by Rajendra Ojha ‘Nayan’

 

If this body was free from hunger,

I’d never come back to reality.

Imagination would be the solitary purpose,

For which I’d spent power in the absence of hunger.

 

In the absence of hunger, we currently have,

There would always be spring all around.

A hellish day wouldn’t be on this gorgeous earth,

And the earth would turn into the Paradise we dream of.

 

Seeing no possibility of its abolition,

I find no zeal to come back to reality.

From what I can easily get, being a Fantasist,

I’ll never get into a world filled with manipulation.

 

For some, dissatisfaction is a wormhole to get into this realm,

And for some, it is a paradise of vivid happiness.

Dear, what would I say about myself?

For me, it is the point through which I can enter,

The uncommon realm of ‘Solitary Fantasy’.

 

Well, enjoying the world of solitary fantasy like a hermit,

Isn’t bad after all for those entering there with a ‘white purpose’.

 

 

Bio:

Rajendra Ojha (Nayan) is a Nepalese poet, philosopher, social researcher, social worker, and EU-certified trainer. He also served as a citizen diplomat for three months under the ‘Ministry of Population and Environment’ in 2018 in Switzerland for the diplomatic program of the Minamata Convention, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Poems and philosophical writings of Rajendra Ojha have been published in various national as well as international literary journals from Nepal, the U.S.A., India, China, Russia, Spain, Myanmar, Pakistan and United Kingdom in both Nepalese and English. He has also published two anthologies, ‘Through the World’ (A collection of experimental poems) and ‘Words of Tiger’ (A collection of philosophical and psychological poems), in 2011 and 2019, respectively. Mr. Rajendra Ojha has been honored by two major prestigious awards named ‘Asia’s Outstanding Internship Solution Provider Award 2020/21’ and ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Television Award 2023’ respectively for his work as a ‘Social Researcher’ as well as a ‘Social Worker’ (activities related to social responsibility), respectively, in 2021 and 2023. Currently, he has published an anthology of Nepalese poems in 2024 entitled ‘अभिलाषाका झारहरू’. It will soon be available throughout Nepal.