TRAVESTY

 

TRAVESTY

 

Where O human proceeds ponder,

Your u-turn hairpin bend blunder,

Watch mountain roads sharp rise,

Directions change, horizontal, wise, ( 1)

 

Moving ahead, challenging a steep,

Hairpin bends driving, bus sweep,

Parched lip, throat dry heart trick,

Humans ride over mountain peaks, (2)

 

Death lurks at every U-turn steep,

Human life matchless fears, creep,

The dare do share benefit develop,

Travel diary dirty history cover-up, (3)

 

How many lives met death written,

Challenge height by road, smitten,

Accidents sudden traces forgotten,

Stories of lost families sad burden, (4)

 

Tearful yet smiled, children waving,

Picnic bus rising Ghat road smiling,

The mountain top scenic beauty lit,

Panoramic paradise below to excite, (5)

 

Beautiful houses, roads, lifeline love,

Thin air bird's eye view dream solve,

The megapolis and million lives toil,

Invisible, their bitter fight fume boil, (6)

 

The strikes, angry protests, u-turn fit,

And proclaimed brotherhood defeat,

Suspicious distrust ruled life fights,

Invisible at great heights, scenic sight, (7)

 

The differences, quarrel, conflict, stay,

Hairpin bend life discard, unite way,

I stood with schoolchildren, thank,

Children's innocent future they rank, (viii)

 

Society down the hill of animosity,

Face the U-turns hairpin adversity,

It will be disaster-prone, dangerous,

Children have education cautious, (9)

 

Find the bearing accelerator brake,

To guide their bus efficiency shake,

Mountain road steep, paths future,

Blessed a few children to me allure, (10)

 

The teacher to them, I get impressed,

Travesty to future time suppressed,

Exemplary driving caliber children,

They discussed on the hilltop, trained, (11)

 

Enjoying the views, river bridge, like,

Dreamed railroads industry dislike,

Talking about fresh air, clean water, health,

They discuss their future, nature, wealth, (12)

 

I closed my eyes and prayed no travesty,

Vanish turncoats ruler life modesty,

Serve and love a selfless bus society,

Moving down the hill smoothly, similarity, (13)

 

Full stop to my thoughts tearful left,

Life as a teacher travesty evil felt,

Let the student be truthful, straight drive,

U-turn hairpin beds fearful survive, (14)

 

Travesty of human life uphill exists,

Honesty and modesty youth resists,

Pride of my life, my students dared,

Hate travesty of mind loved cared. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Travesty

Themes: Turncoats U-turn ghat roads

Written: 14th December 2023, Cuttack

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