RUINATION

 

RUINATION

 

 

Confesses the bitter confession,

Volunteered foolish destruction,

Born affluent status or position,

Wealth assets inherited reunion, (1)

 

Power not from barrels of the gun,

Power inherited in youth is shown,

Knew quite well to hoodwink law,

Money plays dirty tricks lives saw, (2)

 

Whimsical invite outbursts, anger,

Lost fascination ruined men, pure,

Intolerance auburn pride avenge,

Arrogance if encountered revenge, (3)

 

Fail to remember how many, lost,

Devastated their family lives cost,

Spend money happily in a courtroom,

Fabricated as culprits faced doom, (4)

 

Years rolled, fear cowed down bow,

Obey or get destroyed a little show,

This was the horror-filled motions,

Existed and spend bullion notions, (5)

 

Failed all attempts to trap curious,

Reborn with greater power, serious,

Enjoyed torturing victims, heart merciless,

Fear defied to hunt results, careless, (6)

 

Saw the day his wife and child died,

Brutal car accident the sight denied,

No, not his family can be harmed,

Anger welled up, fewer cramped, (7)

 

Traffic bypassed avoided looking hate,

Stupefied view their hatred, relate,

Socked to watch, mangled lifeless,

Perished his wife and child bless, (viii)

 

Shrink instantly to bless my own,

Ever shown mercy, let destruction,

Reckons cruel life past satanic lit,

Crush brutally, several lives, treat, (9)

 

Laughed at their tears, begged a lot,

Prayed his mercy refused to alert,

Disbelieved, harm can be caused,

Stood silently on the street, brushed, (10)

 

The corner of his eyes knew ridicules,

Started fearing the contempt heat,

The blinding sun above no respite,

Weak after pyres lit seen it aflame, (11)

 

Realization, perforated skin shame,

Shrunken eyes skeletal existence,

Looted his asset properties sense,

Lost millions in a few days surprise, (12)

 

Little found the dawn the sunrise,

Drunken, sadness wine lost family,

Missing in the city, sold rest, but simply,

Decades of no information dead news,

Abode in the lap of Himalayas, his muse, (13)

 

Chosen life renounced anonymous,

Living in a hermitage life, curious,

Ruination completes his dark past,

Sought liberation repentance last, (14)

 

The bank of the river, on a rock strive,

Aged, begged for penance, survive,

Hail merciful Lord saw a sunrise,

Escaped his soul a truth surmise! (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Ruination

Themes: Life cruel, ruined, ended ascetic

Written: 8th August 2023, Cuttack

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