SHATTERED

SHATTERED

 

Amazed at how tricked your mind,

Pleading earnestly not to desert,

It was already dawn to attend a job,

You didn't listen to their request,

Dawn broke for a bright future,

Meeting with suave businessmen,

you purely believed in mint gold,

A profession is a challenge to strike,

It was raw courage attack to grab,

Select businessmen are in guise,

Pick the right one still in the dark,

Established prospered a person,

A man of the village I objected to views,

Your mind illusive waylaid to trap,

Never thought of luxurious life,

Beautiful women, flattering shadows,

Line of costly car, life in hotels,

The evening was a smelling dream,

Scented with wine, gambling, trade,

From a remote village, I had warned,

Advised you to reject urban life,

Return to your native place soon,

The avalanche of fortune trap you,

Buried under the snow of lost property,

Knew intimately your life you reveal,

Never wanted you to proceed,

Felt for your wife and kids all the time,

Let them stay at the village home,

Equally addicted to urban life,

Your family was reluctant to return,

I inherited ten acres of land,

Purchased another ten acres later,

Maintain a breeding farm in profit,

Agricultural land convert fruit garden,

Inside my firm, a house is built,

My family prefers the village,

Children educated invested here,

Dairy products keep families happy,

Agreed, your life not to the extent,

Your lifestyle is impossible here,

Reading your letter heartbroken,

Face loss in business and property,

Family resenting, peace missing,

Home in shambles, children angry,

Sick is your wife, you are concerned,

Facing impending disaster, a storm,

Plead heart touchingly please come,

Come back, dear friend, remember,

We were school-mates the village waits,

Your parental property develop here,

Can find time engages, life earns,

The village in the lap of nature,

The everlasting greens, forest, river,

Enough treasure here you missed,

A cow herd, evening temple visits,

Wives pass the time in the temple,

Prayer with oil lamp lit, obligate,

Believe me, friend, she will recover,

Happiness will return joy usher,

Let the children get involved here,

Agriculture is a pretty business,

Today our correspondence helped,

He is returning to his village soon,

Sold his business property tattered,

Business associates learn shattered.

My friend realized life mattered.

 

@ Bijayananda Mishra