STAY WITH ME

Light of aspiration, shade to separate,
The plight of a heart communicates,
Vogue emotions thought clueless hurt,
Stay silent, tearful, shy, fail all efforts, (1)

Not a near and dear one feeling exists,
Fail to muster courage, motivate spirit,
Stay aloof, lower the eyes, lips stitched,
Your attractive look links life bewitched, (2)

Could not dare to convey the deep love,
Difficult to express, attempt, and solve,
The same condition, conservative spirit,
Often, on occasion, dreams well excite, (3)

A college career is fascinating to watch,
Followed behind you, unable to search,
Found insecurity, nightmares, and fears,
Hide within the heart, preferred clear, (4)

The fragile nature, guise of a polite voice,
Will you pick my hand tightly, your choice?
Understanding conflict, we try our best.
Shed fear, tension, bold life to interest, (5)

Companionship, convenient, conveys
Forget loneliness, a trustworthy pose,
That need help promised, a life easier,
Angers, stops talking, forgets sooner (6)

Confides a safe hand, heart to believe,
Catch hold of my hand, pleasures thrive.
No conflict, ignominy, or a sad episode,
United we live together, a lifetime record (7)

Show not heaven a paradise, awesome,
Let you stay with me, build a sweet home,
Love is not a bed of roses, thorns prick,
Challenge married life, troubles to trick. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 25th July 2025
Theme: Spirit of a husband
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THE LINGERING SHADOWS

How many dreams were touched?
In silence and darkness, searched,
Shores of the mind fade, magical,
Anchor the lovelorn heart, factual (1)

Aspiration desperation tirade well,
Hope and hopelessness sadly dwell,
Life runs in the quicksand, disappears,
Tears from the sky dewdrops wear, (2)

Cacti in the arid desert bloom well,
Persistent life exists, curiously dwells
Morning sunrise, the shadow lingers,
Evening sunset long shadow singer, (3)

A shadow of the floating cloud moves,
Impermanent and imprints it proves,
Silhouettes of the three birds indicate,
Memory the background intoxicates, (4)

Ravages of bitter fight scar still stay,
Cemetery annual tribute life display,
Unforgettable sacrifices, footprints,
Future generations learn lesson hints, (5)

A past holocaust devastation losses,
Catastrophic climate change curses,
Hunts the nightmare, lively remorse,
Miraculous survival story, of course, (6)

Deserted her love unnoticed quickly,
No reason or explanation, feel sickly,
He had gone for years, didn't return,
Her love knocks unknowingly, often, (7)

Thought all pictures of long shadow,
In the darkness, her eyes express all,
The lingering shadows, like a meadow,
Memories never die, alive, she recalls, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 24th July 2025
Themes: Memories persist
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 LET ME BE IN HELL

The June-August period plays havoc,
Inundate the water, submerge, sock,
Crops under water live on the roof,
The nightmarish nature is poof, (1)

A sudden earthquake crushes lives,
Collapses building survivor lives,
The bridge road fractured, scarring.
Loss of life innumerable, worry, (2)

Earth caves in a mudslide, covers,
Over many homes, life discovers,
Block vehicles on steep slopes, say,
For days, passengers had no way (3)

Spread disease infects many lives,
Bedridden, segregated in strife,
Bitter fights with fever, a battle,
Test of the survivor's slow mettle, (4)

If the economy fails, disaster happens,
Poverty-driven life finds shaken,
No roof, food, or clothes visible,
The darkness remains feasible (5)

Drought, wildfires, and forests burn,
Burns sweet homes, living yearn,
Worn-out future plans, sorrows,
A loan is sinner than a curse shows, (6)

Hold a breath, firefighters save,
Lift the drowning lives, all waves,
Dowses' fire burning disease goes,
Miracle of time heals time show, (7)

Lit the oil lamp, chimes the bell,
Pray before the stone idol, indwell,
Admit self-sacrifice, let me be in hell,
Resurrect world suffer liberate well, (viii)

Written By: Mr. Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 23rd July 2025
Themes: Sacrifice may save lives
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Country: India

 NICK OF TIME

Mind is blind, misguiding, mischievous,
Life-threatening danger, stay curious,
Unaware of impending death, senses,
Game of life, encounter fear pretense, (1)

Hope and hopelessness, both shores,
Where the boat of life is heading, fears,
The darkness, depth unknown, rocks,
To sink a matter of time alerts socks, (2)

Hilarious life runs at breakneck speed,
An accident steals a precious life indeed,
Slow and steady, watchful alert saves,
Reaches destination safely, life waves, (3)

Opportunity visits rarely, never return.
Lazy attitude, careless attempt, curtain,
Misses gold, career, and praise totally,
Tension and depression collude fatally (4)

Missing near and dear ones to repent,
Harsh words, unkind hearts represent,
Pluck the blooming flower plant, dies.
Heartless act, unthinkable, sadly defies (5)

The bride collapses, Earth caves in, say,
Life halts, saved from death, find a way,
Life, a long path slips from the ground,
Less find under the feet, gloom found, (6)

A red rose, a pink letter, a proposal wish,
Time elapses, love forgets, and sees perish,
Receive a lovelorn heart wedding card,
His life, sorrowful, clueless to reward (7)

The dawn breaks, catch a bus, define,
Bus scantly reruns the truth nick of time,
All His mercy the Lord plays to shine,
Success and failure paradigm entwine (viii)

Written by: Mr Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 22nd July 2025
Themes: At a split second, life changes
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Country: India

 

SAY IT JUST ONCE

Sensitive Mimosa Pudica exhibits such,
Leaves instantly close, discover a touch,
The feminine instincts like the creeper,
A mere touch feels shy, silently appears, (1)

An ocean of dreams tidal waves elapse,
Suppressed in her heart, her love relapses,
Emotion, motion of thought turbulence,
Her silence, evading eyes, consequence, (2)

Sensations, throbs, and unspoken words,
Stays under the veil inexpressible hour,
Her vanity and modesty cannot afford,
Eyelids lowered glance her love shower, (3)

Untold pain, separation, she failed to say,
Her unknown fear to invite finds no way,
The tender heart, beautiful frame, slim,
A pink letter from her love reads gleam, (4)

Parents, not aware of her secret love,
Hardly confess or confide in life above,
Miss his presence for a long time, sad.
Wait patiently for his letter, day reward, (5)

Never could convey her undiluted love,
She suffered mental agony, failed to solve,
Looked at the starry night, full moon, wind,
The solitude, melancholic music rewind, (6)

A bright sunshine and dusk trigger cruelly,
Tortures lonely night dreams him awfully,
The depth of her attachment is less quoted,
She met several times yet scarcely wrote (7)

Smitten by the bug of love, pure existence,
The conservative family links a resistance,
Say it just once to dad and mother, admit,
Lighter, will be your heart, wedlock credit. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 21st July 2025
Themes: Shyness of a young heart
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 FLURRY OF THE FLOOD

A cascade of stream from the hill,
Blue waters, white foams reveal,
Dense forest, steep slopes, rapids,
Human life imitates a picture, insipid, (1)

Contrasts a mural of fiery waters,
Flowing down the hill encounters,
Uprooting trees, moving boulders,
Humans meet challenges, shoulder (2)

Havoc plays the rain river swollen,
Break embankment misery shown,
Temptation, desire, and lust unite,
Fail self-discipline life in bitter fight, (3)

A mirror of anger, an angry river,
The epitome of power lives in shiver,
Submerges villages, cities, and fields,
Human life sinks in remorse yield, (4)

Washed away, homes, depleted crop,
Ill-fate steals peace, happiness, and hope,
The river broke a bridge, Soil caved in.
Mudslide from altitude in between (5)

Alacrity stare breaks a friendship,
The bridge of understanding says flip,
The accusation grudge covers life,
Resemble like Earth, floods strife, (6)

Under moving water, stay grass.
The farmer withstands the fight class.
The urban and rich suffer so often,
Flash flood into the city warns caution, (7)

Several examples of a human life,
A flurry of floods is classic into strife,
Destroys everything, vanishes quickly,
Accept human catastrophe meekly, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 20th July 2025
Themes: Angry mind and the flood
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THE LOST HORIZON

A surreal feeling still waters the west,
The sun sank into orange hues at best,
Silhouette of the boat and boatman,
Anchoring after the day, a fisherman (1)

Lose sight of the horizon in darkness,
An unknown depth of the sea impresses,
Under the feet, water, sand, gravel, feel,
Mesmerizing a mural, sufferings heal, (2)

Unmoving cloud spectral beams, rays,
Unearthly, a picture intoxicates, arrays,
Silence engulfing slowly, stars winking,
A confluence of peace and love sings, (3)

Spreads loneliness stood and looked,
A day passed, surprised and hooked,
Lost endless thoughts but dream life,
Human pleasure fails to express thrive (4)

Feel uncomfortable expressing a pain,
Hidden inside the heart and tear rain,
Leaving me, the world sank, recovered,
In the darkness, search for you to discover, (5)

Lost the fragrance, soothing voice, love,
Your adorable presence soon dissolves,
Hope and hopelessness entwine sadly,
The boat of my life anchored radically, (6)

Wait the whole night for you, certain,
At dawn sun will rise, you shall return,
better to view the sea, the horizon, say,
Conflict, confiscate understanding play, (7)

His melodious and touching thoughts,
He lost his horizon, but morning brought,
Visible blue sky, a boatman left the shore,
Human life as a fisherman, net assured. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 19th July 2025
Themes: The Love, hope was alive
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