SENILE

 

SENILE

 

 

Immaculately polished attire,

The day caught sight bemused

Attractive yet dignified, decent,

Demeanor influenced captivated,

Measured scrutinized postures, (a)

 

 

Each part of the frame attired,

Saree unique design printed,

Eyeglasses, perfectly eyes hide,

Eyebrows arrow thin lines,

Earrings, bracelets, no bangles,

The vanity bag, vanity paired,

Long auburn hairs, if dyed guessed,

Even the sandals presumed costly,

Slimness creeper curvature pretty, (b)

 

The gait saw speechless forgot,

Standing before her, looking at her,

Forgot indecency impolite stared,

She felt visibly uncomfortable,

Followed her few moths stalked,

Watched, never to offend her,

She knew someone shadowing,

But pretended not to worry much, (c)

 

A day gathering courage blocked her,

All wanted to talk to her and introduced,

She evaded quietly moved away,

Not even complained, shown anger,

Met once again dressed tight-lipped,

Passed beside her, looked stealthily,

Caught her smiles turn into laughter,

Chosen to flee quickly, his shyness tilt, (d)

 

Their meetings by bus, local train,

Repeated at the mall city park library,

Failed to find a way to get introduced,

She met me in the library and greeted too,

She knew about him, everything,

A reputed software engineer,

Expressed her surprise saw his fear,

Enquired why his heart shrunk, (e)

 

 

Avoiding her yet stalked for weeks,

Blushed at her open inquiry fumbled,

Confessed he, attracted towards her,

A fact being a stranger feared a lot,

Couldn't muster the courage to talk,

Speechless was she, gasped too,

You could follow me, failed invite, (f)

 

Educated professional top post,

Fearing females cowed down, alas,

She revealed details about his family,

Replied on their reputed status,

Succumbed to searching questions,

Confessed, he gathered her education,

Her family status, study details,

Only fumbled but could say this,

Inclined to matrimonial request, 

The feared rebuttal will devastate him,

She laughed and caught his hand,

Confessed her willingness to marry, (g)

 

That was the beginning continued,

Plans sadly broken, she got married,

Her family was the force behind it,

Promises, paranoid nerve splitting,

Survived opted overseas job married,

Met her after decades once again, (h)

 

She had applied for a job entered,

Kept watching near table interview,

She was selected for the overseas job,

Waited for him for hours to greet him,

The meeting was abruptly acted senile,

Preferred to forget their lost youth,

Both are with families' beguile senility. (i)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Senile

Themes: Senility is an act that hides the pain

Written: 22nd August 2023, Cuttack

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