CONFLICT

 

CONFLICT

 

Driven sadly by poverty and hunger,

Union strikes love war-mongers,

Oratory skill inborn gifted ignite,

Campus afire, disturbed respite, (1)

 

No exam courses now standstill,

Teaching staff angry voice shrill,

The cost of education is prohibitive,

Middle-class poverty line restive, (2)

 

No action degree exit campuses,

Test time interviews pick buses,

Hours wait to stand no food paper,

A few minutes change life secure, (3)

 

Disaster strikes, failure happen,

Worry tension line evil sharpen,

Bleak future, no godfather move,

How many jobless, study, prove, (4)

 

If proven qualification is matchless,

Career competitive job distress,

Plum posts a game of chance hit,

Luck, future, modern life defeat, (5)

 

The notoriety he gained in university,

Conflict of mind, he passed duty,

Brilliant mind fought and lost,

His history of rebellious life, cost, (6)

 

Successful in administrative jobs,

He rejected the post, parents sobbed,

Joined political party help children,

Underprivileged children weaken, (7)

 

Below the poverty line help matter,

His activity great news shatter,

Parody meritorious life reward,

Hawk-eye, he caught the coward, (viii)

 

Who deserves no reservation,

Society needs competence earn,

Be a doctor, engineer, educator,

Safety security books prosper, (9)

 

Left his future career to reject life,

Serving people whose strife,

Reach to the help spontaneous,

Such people not a few numerous, (10)

 

Conflict of class creed divisive,

Hypocrisy blind faiths deceive,

Start fearing corrupt darkness,

Growing youth bold impress, (11)

 

Their courage, strength of mind,

Detach from the gold past reminder,

United feeling proud, innovative,

Spread over the world addictive, (12)

 

Of culture and custom remit,

The land is getting richer in height,

Conflict youth today, cab driver,

Manages a canteen, grocery store, (13)

 

Join the army defense industry well,

Overseas job, qualified life swell,

Looking at the horizon century,

Country youth spread, mercury, (14)

 

Rose from conflict social status,

A prosperous Diaspora famous,

Rebellious, dauntless, turbulent,

Striking at home abroad is latent. (15)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Conflict

Themes: Indian Youth Future

Written: 28th December 2023, Cuttack

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