DREAMS CAPTIVATE

 

DREAMS CAPTIVATE

 

Countless desires roused and faded,

Innumerable aspirations masquerade,

Preferred acute passions disappoint,

Humans' heart pulsates, love, anoint, (1)

 

Romantic night, peacock tail colored,

Fragile imaginations fade discolored,

Face tortures sadness or hunted fear,

Tomorrow solves heal wounds appear, (2)

 

Life saw blistering heat, flood flurry,

Sunrise crimson colored, dusk ivory,

Silvery moonlight, sensations, love,

Etched in the memory life resolves, (3)

 

The future brought foes turned friends,

Instead of an animosity rebuttal, defend

Near and dear ones, missed by many,

New friends came into life, company, (4)

 

Disaster took place, properties gone,

The future, provided again or shown,

Sold parental house, shifted to the city,

Service and salary, stability, security, (5)

 

The mirages trapped in quicksand,

Eventually escaped, life understands

Danger, human faced threatened life,

The event, a string of luxury and strife (6)

 

Sickness faced and on the brink, toil,

Mysterious recovery pink health roll,

Unspoken words suppressed thrive,

Tomorrow, opportunity, life believes, (7)

 

Candlelit bright, the pine tree hearth,

A Christmas Happy New Year warmth,

Unforgettable, ending year, eventful,

Dreams captivate, life celebrates, mule. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date 23 December 2025

Themes: Christmas, Happy New Year

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THE LAKE AND MOLTEN GOLD

 

THE LAKE AND MOLTEN GOLD

 

Irresistible desires influence the mind,

Proverbial dragon spits fire, cruel find,

Paradigm change or seasons fascinate,

Pragmatism, the heart harbors intricate (1)

 

Challenges, curvy life paths, mountain,

Crevasse, cavern, gorge, or creeks, rain,

Steel slopes ice-clad peaks, avalanches,

Quicksand traps life, escape, all chances, (2)

 

Terrible nights, nightmares, and horror,

Burden and responsibility sadly hanker,

Frightful foreseeable future anticipate,

Devastation in the offing communicates (3)

 

An unknown river of emotion drowns life,

Embrace the cacti thorn pierce a strife,

Blossoms faded, bald branches, picture,

Frosted leaves, wet earth moist, feature, (4)

 

Smoke changed to smog or fog spread,

Hungry humans search for a shelter, bread,

Spider net of human thoughts projects,

Reality heaven stays before yet rejects, (5)

 

The steep mountains surround ghosts,

The silhouette casts shadows, life hosts,

The mind creates fearful sight, essays,

Peak lighted brilliant sunshine amazes (6)

 

Rising hope, courage, endeavor the sun,

Lake is the human heart, deep, mourns,

The sun dazzles, and the lake turns gold,

Peace, happiness, experience love mold, (7)

 

The mysterious narrow trek, a solution,

Humans discover a pristine heart lesson,

The lake and molten gold, heart paints

Hope at the top as the sun maintains. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 22 December 2025

Themes: Hope changes the heart

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DREAMS AND HEAVEN

 

DREAMS AND HEAVEN

Fallen desires and shattered hopes,
Eloquent voice, fascinations elope,
Wish and reality class sadly, shows,
Anxiety and anxiousness yet grow (1)

Trek of life path, narrow face gorge,
Imagination fuels aspirations to surge,
Induce sensation, a mirage, a shadow.
In busy city life, humans find windows (2)

Fewer opportunities to escape, fails,
Pollutions, smog, and dust prevail,
Incessant noise, bright night lamps,
Closed window lonely path damps, (3)

Dizzy height skyscrapers doctrines,
Flow of wealth emptied in streams,
Seen heartbroken tears, devastated,
Survives the human spirits, instead, (4)

A temporary phenomenon appears,
Fizzle out the nightmare disappears,
Hope the key to solutions open trek,
Dreamland and paradise luck, shake, (5)

Crystal clear blue lake, snowy peaks,
Verdant valley, the azure sky sneaks,
Cluster of boatmen, sail to heaven,
Unfolds the dream desires awaken, (6)

Not a ton of gold mansion or status,
Humans search for peace and focus,
They win happiness, love, nature says,
Ideal life stays ahead shows the way, (7)

Dreams and heaven converge, dwell,
Culprit mind cons, vision shine quell,
The root for solace, nature lovers tell,
Heart and true health, facts unravel. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 21 December 2025
Themes: Life wishes heavenly peace
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MIRAGE OF TEMPTATION

 

MIRAGE OF TEMPTATION

 Chilling winds burning woods, hearth,

Thatched cottage, earthen floor worth,

Warmth of sweet home aroma magic,

Frosted leaves, absent flowers, tragic, (1)

 

Bumper harvest granaries full, dream,

Paddy crop and grains flow in streams,

Year-long effort output farmers earn,

Bullock and cartwheels, laugh mourn, (2)

 

Dense fog shiver limb winter bonfire,

Fairytale mysterious lives and desire,

Perpetual happiness pleasure grows,

Unrealistic, illusive world sadly shows, (3)

 

Fewer violent storms, harsher climates

Draught or flurry of floods confiscate,

Festivals, dance, and song confluence,

Humans disbelieve, realities influence (4)

 

A year later, a peasant sat in the field,

Wild grass spread quickly, a future shield,

Countless dreams, hazy sunlight shares,

May the New Year repeat love inspire, (5)

 

Fertilizer, seeds, and the utensil require

Planning to go with women yet inquire,

Wealth, property, and gold, boldly dare,

Empty pocket exorbitant cost despaired, (6)

 

Sweeping thought in the mid-field flow,

Heaving a long sigh, relieved, knowing,

Coconut tree fails to give mango, truth,

Fewer desires materialized, failed both (7)

 

Between the horns of a dilemma stood

Mirage of temptation trap understood,

Apparent vision, the heart yearns vanish,

He looked at the golden crop, cherries. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 20 December 2025

Themes: A villager's dream fades

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SECOND LIFE AND WISHES

 SECOND LIFE AND WISHES

Emancipation only dreams, distress,

Hunger, poverty, roofless, life witness,

Illiteracy hunts, study the nightmare,

Lack of funds, cursed souls compare, (1)

 

Friendless or absent foes, ignominy,

Pain, miseries, sorrow are company,

Bondage chained to fate and horror,

Lack clothes shiver in winter armors, (2)

 

Frigid heart, fewer emotions, senses,

The pink health youth lost, pretence,

Turbulent thoughts unspoken words,

Silently beseech a life, looks forward, (3)

 

Dried tears forgotten years imprinted,

Rarely saw happiness, love, life tainted,

Distant from blind rages and remorse,

Submit, surrender, obey, of course, (4)

 

Neither Gold nor boldness humble-life,

Adhered to honesty, simplicity, or strife,

Failed to see the protests, face it gently,

His life was a caged bird and perfectly, (5)

 

The soul wished to fly freely in the sky,

Encounter troubles, solve desires defy,

The valley of happiness, peace, and love,

He built his sweet home, luxury above, (6)

 

Sunrise, an orange sky, a flock of birds,

His soul will sail with clouds forwards,

He listens to a beautiful song at night,

Full moon and nightingale ivory light, (7)

 

He will smile and laugh aloud, yet cry,

Second life and wishes dream or sigh,

Credence to rebirth incurable dream,

It was sunsets and flowing streams. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 19 December 2025

Themes: Change of life renews hope

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DEFY THE DARKNESS

 

DEFY THE DARKNESS

 

Predator, fear in the mind stalks,

Stroll on the pavement or walk,

Opaque to searching eyes doubt,

Imaginary ghost troubles sprout, (1)

 

Weeping lamppost, fireflies buzz,

Killing the surreal silence, it causes

Not a sight of a human in a lonely place,

Hunting feeling, anxiety, disgrace, (2)

 

Unique experiences, identity lost,

Chilling bones fight, live at a cost,

Fewer matter gold property view,

Primal instinct to escape or a few (3)

 

The glowworms tree and branch,

Shimmers cold winds, dry leaves,

Bonfire, a few people's warm arms,

A passerby took a long relief, live, (4)

 

Enchroaches fog moistens the face,

Distant home reminds, its surface,

indistinct reach destination sadly,

Path of life in the darkness madly, (5)

 

Mission and destination of the haze,

Each step of life progresses a phase,

Proceeds human, relentless, hope,

Believe the sunrise finds the scope, (6)

 

Impermanent the darkness in fact,

The mind harbors blindness intact,

Horrors, a temporary phenomenon,

The night, dark, the path, motivation, (7)

 

Instinct warms the pitfall and saves,

Defy the darkness, protect life well,

Peace and tranquility, pacify, prevail,

The night, illusory, and life paves. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date:18 December 2025

Themes: Dominate ignorance

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DEEDS CONTINUE TO LIVE

 

DEEDS CONTINUE TO LIVE

Impermanent human life is certain,
Impossible to think spirits return,
Epitaph if humans indicate name,
Disappears passion and the same, (1)

Vanishes tortured life and worry,
None exist dreams desires, ivory,
Like a line on water, fame vanishes,
No longer exists life to love, wish, (2)

Fade happiness and pleasure quickly,
Cremation pyre plays melancholy,
The story began and ended sadly, trail,
Memories of the person duly fail, (3)

A gust of wind untraced surprise,
A temporary phenomenon prize,
Matchless human life, the breath,
Ends the story, realization, wealth, (4)

Pour emotion thought deed etch,
Accolade, admiration, praise fetch,
Influence lighted a dark mind, say,
Sacrifice self-interest paves a way, (5)

Do or die, save others, motto heal,
Benign hearts implement, reveal,
Anniversary of birth, death, or idol,
Celebrate happily, obeys protocol, (6)

Headlines of golden deeds remind,
Immortal books, novels, library find,
Generations fewer forget, read well,
The concept and vision shine, dwell, (7)

Deeds continue to live, a monument,
School college plantations incident,
Cities and roads, services manifold,
Remember, a person's name is gold. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 17 December 2025
Themes: Immortal deeds
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