CORROSIVE

 

CORROSIVE

 

In a big world, humans get wild,

Empire of splendor, luxury, dreamland,

Amaze metropolis, glassy towers,

Kissing the sky, he gets awestruck,

Floor upon floor reveals goldmine,

Show your talent pickup to capacity,

Journey accomplished one day,

Travel from a poor-country suburb,

The dirt and mud were once ruling life,

Hunger below the corroded tin shed,

Knew childhood the pang deathlike,

Sick and sunken eyes alert, worried,

Know well without a morsel of food,

The youth is ill, may die in a few days,

No one near him to provide water,

Sleeping inert youth death is freedom,

Life astonishingly entwines spellbound,

A group search found the youth,

Taken to hospital malnourished,

Treated for a week, getting normal,

He won a jackpot of a million with a ticket,

The syndicate searched him and found,

His name, identity recorded duly,

This dying youth today a millionaire,

Highly educated gold medalist scientist,

Doctorate in space technology,

Alas, unemployed in the city, banished,

The state of a country needs leaders,

Mint a mountain of gold as an actor,

Business never means logic, decency,

Corrosive interactions fail opponents,

Business swallows everything slowly,

Lock stock and barrel swindled,

Left the opponent, empty hands,

A destitute by now roaming wayward,

Dies untimely news headlines,

Education backburner earn a lifetime,

Earn a politician in a day equally,

Looking back, the youth his past is past,

Standing  in front of a tower studied,

The land of opportunity he reached,

A lot of hope gathered to work hard,

Proved his caliber in technology,

Not the money but a name,

Felt sobbing not to die ignominious,

But his merit, qualifications honored,

Fetch dignity, and respect, work timely,

His achievements will be given credit,

Met the corporate leaders, the board,

The hour-long interview was impressive,

Excellent salary, residence the job,

The industry is a monster the existence,

Full of talented people rarely sleep,

The sprawling high-rise buildings are busy,

Crowded day and night, ingenious mind,

He found the harbor to anchor,

Here definitely here is waiting a life,

Prospered, recruited,  to develop an engine,

A force multiplier he got satisfied,

A decade of research, hard work,

Today he expects accolades, respect,

Surprised the news flashed differently,

The corporate head covers the headline,

Applauding a great people impressed,

dismayed in darkness is speechless,

Auburn curly hair getting white,

No more crying, feeling sad a little,

Everything is fine not a native,

Not a white tongue English is brown,

I am now rich, a rich person,

He packed his bags to his land to recluse,

Finds seclusions from a corrosive  world,

Happy, a  destination he understood.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Corrosive

Themes: Exploitation

Story: Fiction

Date: 29th November 2022, Cuttack

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