Good Luck

 GOOD LUCK

 

Watching motion pictures of a lifetime,

Sweet and sour events oscillate,

From crest to trough rises again,

Cycle motion picture projects distinct,

Time cycle at crest life in the climax,

Tragedy at trough life is shaken,

Pendulum old still oscillates in a bedroom,

Sat in the darkness alone, I was listening,

Mind lost in watching live events,

Slow motion of picture cinematic,

Walking through memory lane, dark,

After marriage few years passed,

Man and wife expecting arrival,

Arrival, for our conjugal life, is a grace,

Once we both dream of a child,

The daughter in our laps grew so fast,

Went for school passed with flying color,

Baby sat on study table till late night,

I was her father, teacher, friend,

Her secret aspiration to be an engineer,

Father and daughter, we gossip about life,

Life of an engineer hard work,

Forgets engineer family life comfort,

Dawn to dusk overnight labor,

Achiever in large projects construction,

Myriad shape drawing on paper,

From paper to scales take to shape reality,

A marvel before engineer’s mind skill,

Accomplishment at fag end of life,

Recognized dear a dedicated spirit,

Respected, famous, a name praised,

Life successful family children adore,

She was sleeping on my bosom,

I was dreaming one day to come,

The daughter will be an engineering student,

The wife was calling, dinner was ready,

That day, her campus life oscillated,

She was sick, recovering, weak at home,

With our infinite care, she gets cured,

Husband wife wait eagerly for her arrival,

Each semester break vacation,

The loving care watchful for her health,

Met her minute requests, papa listens to,

It was her final year visiting her hostel,

Her friends crowded circled me,

Informed she will be the best graduate,

The best student in their college knew,

Happiness at home knew no boundary,

News of her result in engineering,

We, a couple, shed happy tears, welcomed,

A day came in our life, my darling sad,

She was worried and crying learning the news,

She was going abroad for the future,

Higher education, a career overseas,

I was sad, sure to miss her, my heart,

A moment she was checking out,

At the airport, she kissed me hello dad,

I couldn’t look into her eyes, evading,

Only hugged tightly said silently,

Good luck, baby, at alien land, I bless.

 

@ Bijayananda Mishra