RELIC

 

RELIC

 

 

Million years passed still exist,

Speechless, an iron well resist,

Pointed and tore the soil tilling,

Tip of the plow wooden ring, (1)

 

Intoxicates duet, bullock plays,

Plough brings up life in essays,

Not today or centuries ago,

Chained human race never go, (2)

 

Savage human lives predators,

Hunting scope living travelers,

Moved an ancient human well,

Continents, islands, life to swell, (3)

 

Changed an iron spike miracle,

Wooden bases can till is simple,

Discovery, that phenomenal tilt,

Agronomy a reality nomad quit, (4)

 

Land provides an immense gift,

Ancient predators turn in discreet,

Docile domicile, peasant settled,

Food concept, plows, implanted, (5)

 

Once raw flesh or fruits are roasted,

Granary wheat rice corn tasted,

Bountiful earth yet sustainable,

Bullock pair the plow stable, (6)

 

Bullock cart wheels revelation,

Ingenuity human mind notion,

Lasted millennium old vibrant,

Look at the iron spike radiant, (7)

 

Tilling soften hard soil to the soft earth,

Uproot grass bushes to worth,

Lifting rubbles and stones easier,

The fields get ready for farming, (viii)

 

Visited ancient the village home,

The mud cottage with bamboo,

But discovered paddy unknown,

Straw packed into bundle turn, (9)

 

Bamboo sticks tied to the straw,

The cottage has a roof time saw,

Polished with cow dung paste,

Miraculous disinfectant, no waste, (10)

 

Cow dung manure is versatile,

The village withstood time hostile,

Watch concrete jungles, asphalt,

Mechanized humans, different past, (11)

 

Bullock carts in front of houses,

Present time shows cars dashes,

The bullock carts easily transport,

Covered thousand miles escort, (12)

 

Escorts memories still exist,

Grateful humans forget to persist,

No toxic fumes, hazards speedy,

Time has changed, mind if greedy, (13)

 

Thousands die every day proud,

Rustic village cartwheels loud,

Romanticism, sleep, and travel,

Ring bells bullock neck ravel, (14)

 

Sings the relic stayed millennia,

Simple human life tag insignia. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Relic

Themes: Ploughs cartwheel remind

Written: 12th August 2023, Cuttack

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