CRUCIBLE

 

CRUCIBLE

 

Express abysmal working life,

Transfers are obvious to leave home,

Love you better half missed the most,

Service took my life span entirely,

Home, my children, and wife at far,

Elude meeting them leave canceled,

Rented a house, cooked my meals,

Faced if sickness alone felt helpless,

How much wanted your presence,

Remember wakeful nights at my side,

Intermittently check my temperature,

Keep medicines consult the doctor,

At a distant place of job pass night,

A night of fever alone kept it secret,

Never wanted to make your life hell,

On duty left home, the burden sharing,

You managed our house, the kids grew,

Wait desperately for my salary a fact,

You moved within the city to pay bills,

Electricity, telephone dues, or expenses,

Monthly grocery could manage the best,

I got surprised you were saving,

Forgot your pleasure companionship,

I know how desperately seeking me,

Children's examination durations,

Children's course notebook in hand,

Collect how memorizing children,

Helped them through exercises,

Corrected all answers explained to kids,

Through pages of files, lose track,

Visualize your face wrinkled in pressure,

Understanding my service is essential,

You little purchased for your clothes,

Less thought to buy ornament, jewelry,

Monthly groceries price rise a hazard,

A miracle you balanced our home budget,

 Kids tuition fee, coaching class attend,

I know you wait patiently at the door,

Look consistently through the window,

The pressure on your heart is enormous,

Only you wait for me on leave eagerly,

When arriving home, watch your check,

Your scrutiny, dear, I understand too,

My health, dress, and everything,

Under a lens, examine in detail,

I had to answer a hundred questions,

My sickness, daily medicines,

Check-up reports, consolations,

The menu of home cooking, on rest,

I attentively listen to advice earnestly,

The plead in your voice hooks me,

Cannot bypass instructions I obeyed,

Ever weekly a letter to send I promised,

Tearful, hid well, your care touching,

So much alert for my comfort, health,

Never missed the truth you sacrificed,

Sacrificed your dreams, comfort, joy,

Neglected pleasure gave time  and life,

Like molten metal poured into a crucible,

The tension, worries, and fear net poured,

Resemble the crucible your heart  churned,

It holds our family cemented strong,

The crucible provides love and cares we know,

Unique your heart crucible shield.

 

Title of Poem: Crucible

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Theme: Heart of housewife

Date: 1st November 2022, Cuttack

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