PERENNIAL RAIN

 

PERENNIAL RAIN

Gathering clouds cover the dark,
Horizon invisible fearfully mark,
Parched land parched lips thirst,
Eyes gaze, heart praise life, worst, (1)

Rain, drizzle, or heat diminishes light,
Heart puzzles mind muzzles quit,
Hailstorm, strong wind showers,
Pedestrian on pavement cowers, (2)

Drains are flooded roads because,
Water pools pitfalls, lives reclose,
Broken trees, shaken souls, sights,
Perennial rain in hot summer hits, (3)

Think village women walk a mile,
Keep their pots full to the brim, smile,
Children are busy collecting ice balls,
Forget a heat wave, the rain calls, (4)

Rain is months away, joyful farmer,
It's a busy time to plow the fields sheer,
The dream is only a dream, shows,
Perennial rain in winter is sorrow, (5)

Dashed the hope elopes no grains,
Looking at the fields flooded with rain,
Gone is the annual food hunger hell,
Ice ball hail storm occasion prevail, (6)

How similar to human life, blue sky,
Black clouds perennial, hunt to defy,
Solace to parched lips, thirsty heart,
Loot everything in a few days' impact (7)

Human life opportunity visit saves,
Bumper crops harvested, life waves,
Perennial rain, love, and sadness hit,
Mere human life waits eagerly to greet. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 22 April 2026
Themes: Quench the thirst
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BEATITUDE

 

BEATITUDE

Rise of the reason
Past the tree of mind grow
Spreads branches of thoughts
Bearing actions share in draught
That fills life from birth to death
And bearing flowers and fruits
A blossom spreads a fragrance or foul smell
And generate further actions to infect
Osmosis rises to many more branches
A surge in leaves of memories
Fall in time deep into deep depth
Of the ocean of the subconscious mind
Reason with immense light dispels
All thoughts to see the dualities,
Illusions and pretensions of Maya
Focus reason on eternal truth,
Imperishable, deathless, and non-dual
Ever shining overhead
With the brilliance of thousands of suns
And all-pervading within the spirit
Nothing in the external world is permanent
As a reality, it dies with time,
The inner quest to a universe,
Traverse between the branches of thoughts
To a state where there is silence
Infinite thoughts subdued
Intellect and intuition surrendered,
The soul bathed in the rays of truth
Overhead and all its conceptions,
Faith, belief, and attachment melt
To the awakening in beatitude
Feels it's time to depart to that world,
His abode waits as always.
Mother with infinite love and compassion,
You have so much love and care...
The Lord is in me,
And the Lord is in your reflection,
Breaths are feeble
The frame is still like a rock
The silence is music in my heart,
Solitude serene in mind,
Thought clouds beyond the horizon,
Stars are shining dazzle
The turmoil of life falls silent,
All the pain and suffering erase
Listen to the unstuck bells
Love radiant plunge into the beatitude
Rains pour down without water
Rivers are streams of light
How could I ever express
How speechless I feel
To revel in such vast ecstasy
Of the land, of quietude
The landscape of peace and bliss
This is the music
Of soul and the Supreme meeting,
Of all grief fades dissolved
This is the music
That transcends all oscillations
The beatitude permeates the state of mind.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Infinite bliss within
Shared: 21 April 2026
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OMPASSIONED

 IMPASSIONED

 

Look at your demeanor, sparkles,

Know your eyes are friendly miracles,

Speak soothingly to pacify agitated,

Helping hand healing touch fated, (1)

 

Serves who need service selflessly,

Being a human dedicated impresses,

Building cities and communities.

Complex human relations, in fact, (2)

 

Family relations, friends, neighbors,

Society, region, and religion allure

The happiness, fun, festivals, links,

Bewitched, such a moment blinked, (3)

 

Written in memory, good times lit,

Entwines human bond in discreet,

Roamed Malls lighted fascination,

Countless goodies live in emotion, (4)

 

Everything wants the heart eagerly,

Status position money, favorably,

Look elsewhere, travelers roam,

A backpack search of places, a home (5)

 

Stay for a few days, move lives,

Watch the world enjoy yet believe,

Diametrically opposite human life,

Life in a gutter slum, children thrive, (6)

 

No one to look after, dirt-covered,

Got sick, no medicine, recovered,

Luck, death has not snatched life,

Daily laborers work hard to thrive (7)

 

Just a little money for food today,

Fallen sick or struck, treat Mayday,

The same human existence differs,

Impassioned, they live as a sufferer, (viii)

 

The divide is similar to a lamp,

A glowing oil lamp lit the map,

Just under the lamp, darkness stays,

Human life in slums differs, dismay, (9)

 

Why do we create classes, divisions,

Animals, plants, birds, creations,

Impassioned feelings God created,

Humans are born to be divided (10)

 

Few influencers impassioned teach,

Lives of humans from the gutters switch,

Human life, like fragrant wildflowers,

Impassioned notice thorn nullifier. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Themes: Wish to erase the divide

Written: 20 April 2024

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BAIT

 

BAIT

Eon hunger of mind insatiable dwells,
Living beings fly, run, swim, and trail,
The pull of life instincts survives.
Food is not only hunger, desire, but truly,
Desire infinite in mind prowls to quench,
Prevention through bait entrapment to fetch,
Plants, animals, and creatures found in a trap,
Birds and aquatic life get caught, bait caps,
Carrion smells a mile away, bait tricks quick,
Mind is alert, rare is inquisitive,
Elephants fall into pits, the tigers in cages roar,
Bird for grain in a net, bait a hook, fish to shore,
Flower, leaf with a sweet smell, liquid bait,
Insects trapped by plants, deception trek,
Life baits and deceiving minds, captures, quick,
In cages or death, living beings end tragically,
Humans do face bait that entices, a trick.
A concession for good hides a risk,
Saving money assets are growing more.
People seek advice to invest bait to allure,
Promises and data are deceptions, bait to loot,
Broken home, life shattered, lust is the root,
Clarion on the job, overseas life, travel in Hoot,
Bait fails alert mind notice cheats lurk,
Overnight, young life loses all its future sunk,
Ruler lays bait, people elect in plain trust,
Commodities free gift bait future is lost,
Promotion in career bait, surrender reason,
Rejection of compromise is tagged as treason,
Spies hunt secrets, bait blackmail, cleavage,
Bait is a female lure that rules the mind,
Wine, riches, assets, bait, compromise,
A corrupt mind breeds bait to uncover ruin,
Anarchy spread the pretension and plenty,
Essence of humanity, the righteous path,
Gait is a quicksand in temptation,
Life is a test for a walk with thorns,
Corrupt escapes with booty taunt a lorn,
Bait is an evil act for the spirit with a goal.
Emancipation, a penance, guides a soul,
Society gets cleansed, progress manifests,
Character ensures peace awareness crest,
Where bait promotes violence and arson,
A corrupt mind willfully ignores reason,
Character-of-evil digs a grave, bait waits,
Credence to culture civilizes life in traits.
The human instrument is intelligent, wisest,
Modern times bait survives nicely infest,
War is neither with people nor with nations,
War is with a mind, clean life, and corruption

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Ingenuity of mind to trap
Shared: 19 April 2026
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GOLDEN SKY AND GREEN EARTH

 

GOLDEN SKY AND GREEN EARTH

The night was in flames and lighted,
A few digging graves, kids expired,
Fright well imprinted on their faces,
Sunset wrote extinction it disgraces, (1)

Havoc ruled landscapes devastated,
Humans pray, and frights, instigated,
The loud cries, soulful sobbing beg,
A peaceful people love, stolen legs, (2)

Ruins and devastation covered life,
Crumbled houses, roads, and strife,
Hopeless, bitter Ramadan or Easter,
Bomb and missiles, lives lack shelter, (3)

Feel humans fight, forget harmony,
Sadly, humans lose life's symphony,
Animosity accrued, violent actions,
Humans tuned beast lose emotion, (4)

The darkness impermanent sunrise,
Sinners watch a burning hell realize,
Fear of death or beseech to forgive,
Cruel humans pretend well, survive, (5)

Shout for peace, the devil in guises,
Time cleanses timeless; it surprises,
Stolen the evil, mighty, ruthless life,
Earth turns glorious, removes strife, (6)

Peace, happiness, and love, a dream,
Tears of the past and scar, a stream,
Sunrise orange hues or green fields,
The peasant to cultivate, wants, yields, (7)

Endless sad stories, climax changes,
There is a bright future, it messages,
Golden sky and green Earth synergy,
Hope and strength, life toils, energy. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 18 April 2026
Themes: There is a future
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SABOTEUR

 SABOTEUR

Profound peace and happiness stay,
Life found comfort short dismay,
Cyclic human life struggle faced,
Earth seasons change life traced, (1)

Miraculous weather inspires often,
Blistering heat, freezing cold torn,
Blossoms helluva spring ushers,
Conflicts mind rebellious pusher, (2)

Fail to understand the estimate, clue,
Infinite desires chain spirit glue,
Exist dream imaginary illusions,
Hope human effort, due to collisions, (3)

Calm and quiet mind, tranquility,
Experiences life peace, joy, pretty,
No more calm, turbulent state hit,
Disaster loss balance discreet, (4)

This phenomenon sadly presents,
Urban youth are jealous, not decent,
By hook or crook, achieve success,
Saboteur, the mind lives, expresses, (5)

Stay aloof, speak less painful life,
Baseless own creation rest grief,
Nature invites such humans, sadly,
Saboteur's life feels hungry madly, (6)

Blinded conscience decency acts,
Amidst nature, human love reacts,
Forget hunger, thirst, material all,
The beauty of nature silently calls, (7)

Come, humans, forget asset gadgets,
The valley green carpet life target,
Sleep looks up, evening thickens,
Stars moon irk saboteur weakens, (viii)

Realizes rebellious youth retreat,
Discovers peace and joy in the discreet,
Death of saboteur humans learn,
How many lives were lost, nature scorn, (9)

Saboteur intrudes stealthily, is cruel
Captivate mind or heart in dwell,
The fight for human surrender is sad,
The urge is hunger, thirst, defeat, mad (10)

Detection rejection human winner,
The demise of the saboteur survives wear,
Discrimination of physical pleasure,
Saboteur poisons rejections wiser. (11)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Desire, hunger, and thirst
Written: 17 April 2026
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TEARS

 

TEARS

Lying the departed father in fear,
Missing a word, suffocate to tear,
Mother passed away, and brother,
lonely, silent, she had less to bother,
Her childhood fulfilled, parents' love,
Fun-filled playful with brother solve,
Death has taken away everything,
Past her eyes, a tearful memory recalls,
Added salt to the injury and lost the house,
Left her children distant from her spouse,
Roofless, helpless female, she is crying,
Dried her tears, drank all time-defying,
Consoled, accepted her fate, hot tears,
Incidents shatter lives counter sheer,
Surprised life withstands the calamity,
Tears rolled down, but she smiled, alacrity,
Time is the healer of the heart and mind,
Forgotten the past, look tomorrow tall,
She did exactly change herself stable,
Failed to recount children hubby, able,
Earned her livelihood, passes a modest life,
She talks, her friends cry for strife,
Got strength from a heart yet stubborn,
The Lord her companion is now a solution,
Her prayers, hot tears, emotions healing,
Life is precious, boundless, soul-willing,
Bristling crowd, she is lonely, an attitude,
Pristine nature, melancholy to solitude,
Primal the sight mountain river greens,
Eternal deathless enchanting between,
Merged her soul with the blue sky bird flies,
Pleasure with happy tears, she was wise!

Written By: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 16 April 2026
Themes: life misses and has a purpose
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