BIJAYANANDA MISHRA

 

THE MAVERICK

Toddlers tread alike in fun n play,

One is an exceptional act different say,

Immaculate care n parental love,

Exception absorbs lesson above,

The seed is same grows unique way,

Notice elder parent manners dismay,

A child took goat meat cries in night,

Told parents goat in stomach plight,

Nonveg food never took the rest of life,

Shrink he saw violence kill by knife,

Hatred grew monstrous to violence,

As adult practice non-violence a defense,

The world-acclaimed his thought practice,

Non-violence fasting brought justice,

Simple principle moved millions mad,

Never seen this man except for smile, sad,

A barrister well educated saw poorest,

Cotton clad cloths bare nation impressed,

Changed to be alike rejected shut n boot,

The entire nation moved display care in foot,

Sweeping scavenging weaving cotton thread,

Wealthy educated colonialist urban dread,

Uncommon attitudes centuries nostalgic,

Unique in million did the free nation maverick,

A king with a young queen kid in bed,

Midnight quit palace world treat way led,

Moved the globe by the rejection of kingdom,

Family fortunes to nil preached freedom,

Peace harmony rejection of desires,

Showed to world divine, nature aspires,

A king most fierce cruel conquered nation,

Blood spilled houses raged cavalry in motion,

A monk changed this braveheart fist,

Thirsty on blood loved peace till rest,

Immortal in memory changed fear to love,

The world saw not common but maverick solve,

Common people watch lives changed dented,

Unique spirit transforms the mess least expected,

One soul lifelong dug up a hill made a road,

A village got a path to the hospital amazingly trod,

A villager converted dry land arid to green forest,

A nation wonders impossible happen replicate,

A man digs decades a river brought near the village,

Cultivation sanitation drinking water in phase,

A young woman brought a sick father to home,

Cycled few thousand miles villagers welcome,

A newspaper boy turns a scientist education,

A president alone in life caught admiration,

A tea seller boy rules nation lead for decades,

Ethics actions clean-life, vision, corrupt fades,

A graduate jobless family poor gone abroad,

Moneyless in ship traveled America abroad,

Impressed huge nation on Vedantic zeitgeist,

In different time and place mavericks quest,

The wonderful spirits are not only men,

One European catholic served among women,

The street kids destitute sick homeless,

She offered shelter homes lives progress,

Adopt a nation of poor served lifelong,

Nobel sainthood after the demise soul-song,

Human craft art music literature values,

Amazed incredible times nations amuse,

One rock-dancer singer musician rose,

World witness in disbelief crowds froze,

The game is golden football cricket hockey,

Mavericks from rag to riches in jockey!

The miracle blue planet brings as rule,

Inspires generation to watch an art cool,

Where ever fearless spirit rise magnetic,

Human life displays unique maverick!