PRIMA FACIE

 

PRIMA FACIE

 

Driving the car in the early hours in speed,

Catch the first flight for the conference,

Invited the guest to give a talk tomorrow,

Must reach in advance to log into the hotel,

Check the venue, time slot, arrangement,

While driving, thoughts were floating,

Surprised at the flyover, a young woman,

Just walking on pavement if imbalanced,

Seeming to fall down but pushing ahead,

Lo, the rail line below had a suspicion,

It banged in my head to a halt, halted soon,

Possibly this young lady trying to jump,

Braked the car to the side, ran towards her,

She was heavy, pregnant, uncontrollable,

Very sick, in a fragile state collapsed on my chest,

Still conscious asked, why you blocked me,

She wished to jump the bridge to die,

Her face was so sad, heavy eyelids to faint,

Got angry, impolite, warned her it was a crime,

Protested to her not to commit a mistake,

Her sudden smiles mocking to her life,

Bluntly confided, she shouldn't need it,

It was the flight time to miss if delayed,

Forcefully lifted her, took her to the airport,

Deposited to local police conveyed to,

They send her to a hospital immediately,

Caught the flight in time but was disturbed,

This attractive young girl was attempting,

The topic of the talk was a crisis to tackle,

Delivered the points solutions returned,

All the time at the back of the mind tense,

Couldn't get her name and address cause,

Back at home city dashed for the hospital,

Met her and her newborn baby, delivered,

She stabilized herself, was sober, obliged,

Thanked a lot for saving her life firm foot,

Sat near her holding her palms, asked,

To pat hospital dues, she denied firmly,

She was in service, financially stable,

Can pay all the expenses help not required,

The baby, a son in fine shape, healthy, and fair,

Before being questioned, she admitted suspicion,

Could not find her lover, her boyfriend,

The youth missed her before the court marriage,

She felt youth betrayed her, in distress,

Replaced her word as depressed mind fails,

This depression is the killer that motivates,

Hundreds die only on this point wrong,

Serious crime to self-destroying life, futile,

Most precious human life only to face,

It needs a spine of steel, cold nerve rigid,

Trouble mount horror fear factor crush,

Calm, only calm mind dear, quiet, steady,

Found a tear trickled, she caught, wiped it,

Smiled, smiled now hold my hand,

Uncle, I am sorry, feeling ashamed, forgive,

No more boyfriend, my husband is here,

He met a minor accident and failed to meet,

It was my fault realized a lack of trust, wrong,

He dashed to the hospital has seen his baby,

Once released from bed, we shall marry,

But why uncle, you sent me to maternity,

Dear child, fatherly to you, your prima facie,

Could well guess the time your delivery.

The prima facie kissed the baby smiled and left.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Prima Facie ( Fiction)

Themes: Crisis comes, life wins the day

Date: 23rd January, Cuttack

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