DILEMMA

 

DILEMMA

The holiday travel experience is thrilling,
Green Hills Tea Garden, fresh feeling,
Gentle slopes narrow the path in the maze,
The silence, quietude, visibly amazes,
Far below a blue stream, a river flows,
Scenic place, Lord's paradise owes,
Proceed on narrow routes, enjoying,
Caught sight of a person yet moving,
Matted hair, auburn, torn clothes, tall,
Heavy baggage behind bearded all,
Refused to talk to us and looked away,
He was silent until evening came forward,
He was smoking at an old monastery,
We overtook him and reached a mystery,
Looked a million stars dark night wish,
Profound peace, silence, tea cup relish,
Nothing is visible far below darkness,
Perception of my existence impresses me,
No more the world exists, I survived,
The nomad I saw earlier, if perceived,
Mischievous thought looked at stars,
Thousands of missiles falling on cities,
Astonished to see a comet-lighted path,
Compared to missile devastate wrath,
In complete darkness, people are dying,
Dilemma, human mind unholy defying,
Death everywhere, why does it happen?
Hatred rules the human heart, tightens,
Felt perspiration, fear, thinking of war near,
Sad human life history fiery massacre,
Cried that night in the hotel room, sadly,
Opened the window, a cold breeze, chilly,
Dawn breaks, bright sunshine, glorious.
Packed my luggage mood, humorous,
The forgotten feeling of the past night looks,
Dilemma trapped not me more crop up,
Down below the airport landscape view,
Intact metropolis, busy life renews,
Dilemma captures at a lonely place probe,
May life solve war and resolve the time.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Conflict of the mind in fear
Written: 26 April 2024
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CURSE

 

CURSE

Suffering from diseases, life met a curse,
Human heart and mind tell worse,
Caste, creed, religion, or region hit,
Cursed a land, people, self-defeat, (1)

Democracy is the rule; the roads decide.
The court, the supreme conflict presides,
Where is the society deprived of its tell?
Cursing their fate, violence prevails, (2)

Unity in diversity is a bigger strength,
Different cultures and faiths exist at length,
Cursed the destiny of the nation to fall,
Crushed the wall of unity times call, (3)

Seven decades, no roof, no road, no food,
Why curse their fate, blinded mood,
Burn hunger in the belly if famished,
Cursed a country's imaginary vanished, (4)

The leader cursed animals, power sought,
Anarchy among the illiterate, evil brought,
Played havoc and venomous speech,
Dilemma, between two horns to reach, (5)

Uprooted coexistence, brotherhood,
A nation is not cursed, misunderstood,
The cursed mind waylaid blindly stays,
Trouble times united people dismay, (6)

Barren lands, dry rivers, parched fields,
Green forest flowing water, corn yield,
The ghost of the curse vanished, peaceful,
Prosper, the people's life is wonderful, (7)

Cursed sickness wounds lives, facing,
Healing is certain in time, well, smiling,
Lord in the heart, less discriminate all,
Cursed human forgets the God recall, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 25 April 2026
Themes: Result of human action
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OUR HOME

 OUR HOME

Unique our blue planet with life,

Rarest of the rare terrain in strife,

Hot gas mass, molten lava, ice cover,

Less air, high gravity planets rover, (1)

Bright the sun at a center light visit,

Grows life happily, blue sky greets,

The breeze, a gentle cold wind, blows,

Come rain, thunder, lightning shows, (2)

Perennial rain, hailstorm, ice balls,

Relieving thirsty lips, showers call,

Drenched, soaked, full, playful time,

Evening dusk, cloud, cow bell chime, (3)

Temples' festivals, colorful dancing,

Sowing season harvesting is amazing.

Bullock cart mud walls are red in color.

Defeat time, beautiful life honored, (4)

The mountain peaks the forest valley,

Rivers, granaries, bewitchingly tally,

The nature, manifold of cultures lit,

Costume languages, eatery delight, (5)

Stupefied, speechless, Earth is home,

Nameless village to cities is awesome,

The flights, train journey, and highways,

Traveler today human well dismays, (6)

The Arctic Ocean poles mesmerize,

Human deeds pollute well-surprises,

Forest cover to desert rivers dried up,

No rainfall parched land weed fried, (7)

A divisive world vanishes brotherhood,

Life extinctions blue planet brood,

Aware and awake for our home,

Oblivion not distant, less welcome, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 23 April 2026

Themes: Earth Day, our planet

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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
@ Copyright (India)

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

@ Copyright (India)

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
@ Copyright (India)