BIJAYANANDA MISHRA

 

AFFLICTION

Ego capture mind;

Incredible ego is a tall mountain peak,

Enables ego minimize low, a grass leaf,

Ego creeps in to mind, a kid sense him,

Face, dress, names recognize self keen,

Ego is harmless, essence humanity grow,

Color, complexion, studies, health glow,

A ladder to raise high in age, ego swells,

Mind gets a mate cements as oneself,

Conscience puzzles mind or self to help,

Attributes to ego is chained in interlink,

My parents home cast status does wink,

Middle age human accustomed to identity,

Name, education, clan, address visibility,

Career, occupation, degree reputations,

Sport, literature, art, music admirations,

Most crucial juncture ego crosses life,

Captured as captive mind in chain tight,

Intoxicated mind in pride as kingmaker,

A life from blade of grass to glass tower,

World notice in owe praises shower,

Speech visit help concern is top news,

Amazing a people listen to heart ruse,

Four walls of concrete a loner of the palace,

Friend, society, community traces,

Help, donate and contribute to all shelter,

Heart is captive of own fame seeks savior,

Freedom as a human lament private life,

Media is a hawk in guise stalk with knife,

Knife is lens world watch amused in time,

Expectation gets dry hounding a pastime,

 

Conscience clears in affliction;

Raise the curtain of mystic life curios,

Conscience prick leaves all spurious,

O’ soul you are passing by track transient,

Never your credit, success but divine grace,

You're good deeds reaping dividend fine,

Once finished you can find alone in time,

Friends people applaud fade in mist,

Media will conclude your memory in gist,

Sure you shall depart the realm alone,

Your home, courtyard pet dog looks on,

Family kin will be at the front door in tear,

Friends son will lit pyre stand in prayer,

You came empty will return like that,

Even your mortal remains in ass detach,

O’ soul, your face world only knows love,

Quit for good, face inclines to go above,

Only deeds will go with you like mate,

Good deeds give peace bad one torment,

Heartfelt the infinite pain agony cry out,

Ego replies caustic remark mind in doubt,

 

Affliction liberates to freedom;

Self accuses conscience bitter imagination,

Point to conscience rude, indecent affliction,

Conscience gets hurt, tells truth in end,

O’ mind shed identify “I” point delusion,

Ego is ‘I’ the culprit, the heart is in affliction.

Conscience rescues mind, listen to wisdom,

A captive of ego, break the chain to freedom.