THE MANSION

 

THE MANSION

 

Looking like a ghost for hours,

Our house symbolized powers,

Famous for the title house letters,

Far-off cities knew story hears, (1)

 

The grandfather, landlord, royal,

A hundred men loved to pray vocal,

Kind-hearted, merciful, famous,

Serving people education focus, (2)

 

Thousand acres of land produce,

Bountiful harvest pride induces,

Father got an education in Britain,

The scholarship degrees, retain, (3)

 

Matched famous like his father,

Barrister, won cases to prosper,

His name spread over the state,

Brick house multi-storied date, (4)

 

Much published or well-known,

His title of name house is shown,

Name of the building, his title,

A few flock court cases belittle, (5)

 

After the independence family,

Siblings studied in the city simply,

Home education preferred job,

Our time, a century after, throb, (6)

 

Prosperous the Country stories,

Lost a hundred acres to miseries,

Sad, lost revenue, annual crop,

Landless prefer career, develop, (7)

 

Three brothers and two sisters live,

Father living in the building, we leave,

We left one by one our job lead,

Marriage for sisters once bread, (viii)

 

Left the home parent stay alone,

Stood for centuries our mansion,

No more parents alive the sight,

We siblings reach years twilight, (9)

 

Difficult to maintain the house,

Broken roofs collapsing rouse,

Once was a prime location lonely,

City moved for miles us solely, (10)

 

Our children migrated equally,

Settle overseas, live permanently,

The mansion now silent stories,

Yet know detail future worries, (11)

 

Thinking of mortgaging the mansion,

It will be bulldozed, say caution,

We lost our lands, then decision,

Mansion where lived generation, (12)

 

Losing our legacy cried time tell,

Erases everything memory yell,

Finalize the cost of the mansion,

Sold to the person bought won, (13)

 

Sold for nothing yet money link,

The British glass wood life sink,

Mosaic floor Italian marble a lot,

I could know very soon, be dust. (14) 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: The Mansion

Themes: Once famous sold dilapidated

Written: 16th December 2023, Cuttack

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