REMINISCENT

 

REMINISCENT

 

 

A teen got aware of spirit vibrant,

Flows the river near the home deep forest,

Cornfields, golden a cave with bats,

Tiger prowls smelly shiver spine in rocks,

School a big field in the front forest behind,

The narrow road is straight with mango trees,

Big plot of boundary wall high our home,

Fear hunt in evening jackals howl,

A village of natives obscures teenage,

The canvas lives thrilled a running heart,

Wild in infinite joy in bush animals at bay, (a)

 

The canvas scrolled to the beach,

Blue sea, a golden beach waves crest in ego,

A moment crashes into sea surrender,

Wild heart ran amok in sand from school,

Escape classes get lost in golden beach,

Dilapidated houses a tiny river stream, fish,

Merges in the sea, casuarinas forest nearby,

Time sweeps, reminiscent picturesque boyhood,

A paradise at the seashore lonely roar of the sea,

The shrill wind in nearby forest dry wood creak, (b)

 

The school college features nascent,

Life matured through books, exams,

The famous temple festivals spread amity,

Stream pilgrims offer devotion,

Small the town left a day Sun rises in the east,

Life as asphalt road built in hope at river dam,

The confluence of energy PowerStation earth-dam,

College of Engineering life metamorphic differed,

An intricate, complex world followed in life,

Family life and career and clipped education, (c)

 

Decades of busiest life saw people countryside,

Traveled the length and breadth of the land,

Flight passionate the projects meeting people,

Work intensive work was over suddenly,

Packed personal content farewell memorable,

Left time, alone late at night, at the roadside,

The last bus that picked me remember,

 Failed to trace a tear, window side,

Cool air swept past O spirit time recoiled, (d)

 

Roll back, not possibly look to the future,

Decades over tagged to home in meditation,

Impact an accident injury at head took years,

Saw life slow natural pattern eventless,

Dreams pale, crimson years nostalgic past,

Walk in the morning gust of fresh air enlivens,

Riverfront Road sweet home, wonderful family,

Mother with me, father departed years ago,,

Son, his wife left, busy in life, down the floor,

Wife so caring with pills medicine in time, (e)

 

Grew in passion in quest of divine four decades,

Fund of the banks of river Ganga,

Himalayan trips etched deep and lasting,

Reminisces, overwhelm the years in motion,

Confluence to complete the final journey,

Touch a silver line of seven decades in the realm,

Look far off past as reel rolling regal forward,

Life will kiss tomorrow at dawn, crimson bright,

Walk on the riverfront with my wife in the morn,

The reminiscence will be a sight…. (f)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Reminiscent

Themes: Life story self ink

Shared: 21st August 2023, Cuttack

Note: Senior Citizen Day

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