MOMENTOUS

 

MOMENTOUS

 

 

Fag end of the generation noted,

Born after the nation is liberated,

Colonial rulers quit long shores,

Less chain centuries-old allures, (1)

 

The wind water granaries forest,

Rivers fertile soil habitation test,

Free is the country in front stare,

Poverty, illiteracy, divisive life hire, (2)

 

Fractured the unity, futile fought,

Divided a country, stays distrust,

Female feticides child marriages,

Encounter bride burning phases, (3)

 

A generation from coin or lantern,

Bullock cart thatched roofs learn,

Late came radio free newspaper,

Road or train bus towns prosper, (4)

 

Growing population education lit,

Higher education is cheaper hit,

The assets of the nation, literacy,

Country forgot serfdom prophecy, (5)

 

Dreamed of bringing a golden era, 

Population growing industry aura,

Communication to infrastructure,

Seven decades, our twilight year, (6)

 

Disbelieve revolutionized decade,

Gadget electronic wireless invade,

Intelligent-machine, the computer,

Marvelous invention space secure, (7)

 

Unthinkable, scientist job achieve,

Challenges complex tests survive,

Looked aghast, never life believed,

Man and moon, machine thrived, (viii)

 

Moving to the moon, journey trail,

Astronomical distance cover well,

Soft landed, rock-strewn craters,

Dusty less gravity, atmospheres, (9)

 

Hostile moon surface land tackle,

Science & Technology did simple,

Astonished, a billion-plus people,

Glued to television sight miracle, (10)

 

The computerized screen, dictate,

Thousand miles to communicate,

The Moon Lander obeys correctly,

Gradual descent, automatically, (11)

 

The fuel, ignition, engine control,

Rotate the Lander, a vertical fall,

These moments for a touchdown,

People, the world fear, breakdown, (12)

 

Failure several earlier happened,

Correct a soft landing gladdened,

Overjoyed across all ages, gender,

Numbed breathtaking encounter, (13)

 

People, breathless for a split second,

Touchdown, distant moon commend,

News, the success spread a wildfire,

Dreams seven decades to inspire, (14)

 

Space travel reality a country boasts,

Momentous lived-to-the-day hosts,

Tearful, overjoyed land and future,

My prayer for children study sure. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Momentous

Themes: Significantly, the moon is not far

Written: 24th August 2023, Cuttack

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