PLEASE SPEAK

 PLEASE SPEAK

 

The first cry to this world lighted,

Read speak human child practices,

Mother tongue illiterate can speak,

Never attends class cannot read books,

Cannot write but observe in detail,

Can express speaking observations,

Can discuss with people all wants,

Can narrate events people gossip about,

Can sing prayers Bhajans create,

Education wisdom enable human,

Speaking gift of creator outlet for the soul,

Speak heart feeling, the mind tells desire,

Analyzing intelligent life speaks wise,

Speech, education, politics, social or religious,

Enormous impact, speech simply acquires,

Moves hugely a people can motivate,

 A talk travels throughout the world,

Enjoys watching loneliness silence,

Different times, discussing with people,

Discussing with family children,

Amusing heart prays, sings a hymn,

Now think immensity of noisy life,

Interacts so vehemently to achieve,

Remember childhood, visit the temple,

Speaking women to a stone idol in the dark,

Oil lamp lit, incense stick burning,

Asking Lord, myriad of requests,

Let my daughter grown-up get married,

Give her a good family best husband,

Let my son get a job now unemployed,

Let daughter-in-law get a son childless,

Praying with tears for her sick husband,

Never heard mother ask for herself,

Speaks innocent, cruel, killer, sinner alike,

I felt emotions overwhelm my heart,

Tries to bottom-up pain, humiliation,

Try to hide, insult, scorn, hatred,

Less feel comfortable speaking love,

Caring, serving, healing touch, help,

Prefer expressing love to speaking,

The worries, fear, tension, pain,

At times explodes inflames the heart,

Experienced crying condemn loudly,

Scold within four walls openly speak,

Curse someone who hurt my modesty,

Curse the person behind me betrayed,

Don’t laugh; I never scolded people,

Never curse before them, insult any,

Learned through life effort spoke softly,

Sympathetic, friendly, I speak selectively,

Listen attentively for a long, prefer silently,

Replies to questions only required,

Gossip, rumors, poison for me to avoid,

Speak openly, praise honestly, truth,

In silence maintained for hours,

These days feel like speaking I lived,

Talk to Wooden Lord like my mother,

Only gate to let out my emotions,

Treat as my friend lifelong,

Tell Him alone with oil lamp lit,

My sorrows, dreams, crimes committed,

My lies, willfully I blundered,

My prayer for the sick, dying, poor, destitute,

Prayer for a homeless orphan, His help,

My heart knows how to speak,

The heart gets lighter, all confidential.

 

@ Bijayananda Mishra