EUPHORIA

 EUPHORIA

 

Diwali night lighted bright skies,

Fountain of fire spark life defies,

Opulence invisible, visible jovial,

Bystanders watch fireworks viral,(1)

 

Infectious smiles, eyes glinting grief,

Their homes were dark, disbelief,

The sky was lighted with rocket crackers,

Red, yellow, sparks light ushers, (2)

 

Awestruck, the children observed,

Mesmerizing moment preserved,

Prosperity gold mansions bright,

Electricity-decorated oil lamp lit, (3)

 

Light rows of lamps fire-cracker,

Children and parents enjoy enamor,

Stood kids on the road lack dress,

Cold night acrid smells depress, (4)

 

Looked patiently to collect a few,

Fire-cracker fail to burst, new,

Lack money, kids picked crackers,

Next morning to burst, for years, (5)

 

That will be their Diwali, bread,

Ignorant of sweets, dishes, dress,

She observed minutely cried fled,

Knew her a senior teacher, head, (6)

 

Her life single professor renown,

Helping poor students in the town,

Famous build lives taught freely,

Her students are established silly, (7)

 

Forgot soon their teachers simply,

Observing Diwali nights jovially,

Forgot their root, upbringing fit,

Brought their children fire light, (viii)

 

Sizzling new dresses, ornaments,

Female brighter than lire laments,

She was sick for weeks on leave,

Watched with me Diwali believe, (9)

 

Lighted not outside inner world,

Diwali inner realization emerald,

Sparks of wisdom lighten the mind,

Humanity perceives human find, (10)

 

She was sitting with me and explained,

Alerted, breathing hard, exclaimed,

Quietly, she whispered it was time,

Her last few seconds words primes, (11)

 

The cheque to me signature signed,

Saved hundred millions resigned,

Handed over to me donation cheque,

Requested me to donate, quake, (12)

 

Donate to shelter home orphanage,

Her last words Diwali night edge,

She was silent, lifeless, contribute,

Her pyre was burning, love absolute, (13)

 

Changed my life through her contribution,

The millions of money her devotion,

Her fireworks on Diwali night assured,

Children less parents, future allure, (14)

 

Money spent on food, clothes, study,

Diwali euphoria lives in custody,

Diwali night knowledge graced,

A profusion of characteristic laced. (15)  

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Euphoria (fiction)

Themes: A teacher before her death 

            donated to an orphanage 

Written: 13th November 2023, Cuttack

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