PROGENY

 

PROGENY

 

 

Saga of our lives imbibe sorrows,

Grew with father hire tomorrows,

Three brothers and two sisters, our lives,

Lack mother left quickly believes, (1)

 

Picture of their mother garlanded,

Wall frame with flower demanded,

Recollect mother, feeling alone here,

Father never weep but sad, in tear, (2)

 

His silent somber face beguile tell,

He is missing more than us in detail,

He cooks our food, wash our cloth,

His cares and father mother both, (3)

 

Prepare our bed, teach at night,

Leave us at school, at home write,

Our father, a writer, books, famous,

His income from books is onerous, (4)

 

He struggled hard in life, fighting,

Told stories at night, a few singing,

Glued to his teachings, character,

Father builds in us honesty better, (5)

 

His loss, our mother, he thrived,

We grew up supported joy revived,

The siblings achieved success, hail,

We integrated, our father lives nail, (6)

 

Still, mother preoccupies our lives,

Pray Lord together, our father believes,

The habit of prayer, loving parents,

We children unite, undercurrents, (7)

 

Destiny diversifies lives predestined,

Spread over state time questioned,

Not possible to help meet together,

Father in his home writes, weaker, (viii)

 

link assistance money health care,

We five rotation-wise attend, share,

His demise horrible time shattered,

We no more need to visit scattered, (9)

 

Decade passes, our story mingles,

Couples at a distance, plight singles,

Wall frame of father and mother fit,

Children to later age worship meet,(10)

 

The story of our family terminated here,

Progeny splintered across the globe in fear,

Split families spectacles innocuous,

Our offspring separated, delirious, (11)

 

Complexity urban lives dissociated,

Forgotten grand children root fated,

Spread out over the world distance,

It is hard to see uncle, aunty instance, (12)

 

Their grandparent's times, memories,

Lost permanently in hearts, stories,

Immersion of parents' picture deed,

Offer food water bathed life indeed, (13)

 

Knowing our lives, at a tender age need,

Kids thousand miles away to heed,

Impossible for modern lives to attend,

Busy lives acceptable kids pretend, (14)

 

The story of three generations is uncanny, 

Filtering out root, in vain, progeny, 

Our progeny numerous time dates,

Past memories, a family predates, (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Progeny

Themes: Widening generations miss the link

Written: 7th October 2023, Cuttack

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