AFRAID

 

AFRAID

 

Love my world enormously happy,

The infinite thrill overwhelmed me,

Curious once being a chick looking at,

Nest, I never built but safe and secure,

Found inviter godly to the abode of humans,

Learned profusely love and care pristine,

Abundant the fountain of love discovered,

Thanked life nourished well and grew,

The infinite concern for illness alerts,

A pair of hearts shared defeat sickness,

A small amount of happiness I exhibit,

Parents' awful warmth permeates intensely,

The small lane blind end opens to town,

Opportunities came flooded hopes,

Never aspired mansions sprawling gardens,

Aristocracy to acquire falls obscurity,

This was the inspiration of poor parents,

Taught to be honest, sympathetic, loving,

Remember, today stands alone here,

In the dead of night, the town fell asleep,

Torturous, piercing silent night ghostly,

Stands in front of our home once I grew up,

Vacant and locked for years hunting,

Remember forgot my parents,

Dreams of limitless wealth women,

Elegant attractive induced lusty heart,

Move far continent the divide faced,

Pay for every handshake, kiss, or wine,

Earn work diehard addict dream,

This is a dreamland where to achieve,

Success is to annihilate wished others,

Cruel yet smiles envy sprouting buds,

Tag charismatic enigma overpowering,

Surgical removal of opponents in joy,

I am he musk permeates to hypnotize,

Tomorrow is the big challenge stolen,

Know that people search for heroes only,

Forget abysmally heartless ignore,

To fight is right kill free will bedevil,

Devil not for human life but to exploit,

Thoughts of emotions swept past,

Like a cine motion incessant display,

Ah accomplished rich and famous,

I knew father was sick, moneyless,

Never he communicated, lack of money,

Lack of treatment Mom intimated,

I read her letters, felt sad, forgot,

Overwhelmed with luxury pleasure in life,

Never could imagine Mom was alone,

Suffering due to the same reason, poverty,

In the last letter knew she was ill, bedridden,

Job blocked totally business merciless,

Cannot leave million to lose in a day,

The greed waylaid mischievously felt right,

The Community sent a letter to sell the house,

Found this lane is same, lamp post exists,

Opened the lock, empty parents' album,

Wall frames dust-covered mushroomed,

My parent's bedroom was intact, empty,

The hollowness gave an acute-pain, in me,

Life passed, auburn hairs ripped white,

The pink aura bright skin is wrinkled,

Now realizes it is past midnight for life,

The dawn will break soul will spread wings,

Fly far off then away was my flight,

Never look back at the loved frame,

I stood in front of the home a ghost,

The silhouette was sill now less afraid! 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Afraid, Fiction

Theme: Not afraid the inevitable knew

Date: 3rd December 2022