MERCY

 

MERCY

 

Listen to whispers of the wind,

Living life, vibrant pas,t duly finds,

Suffered subjugated irony, stay,

Encounter viciousness and dismay, (1)

 

Exploitation a few discriminates,

Looted in front of laughter debate,

Humans live love supremacy lit,

Class divide dissects, to delight, (2)

 

Why do men search garbage for food?

Feasts merrily a few lot broods,

Have you known the pain of hunger?

Watch unemployed yet younger, (3)

 

Scar of past lost parents future,

Illiterate roam free fate vulture,

There happens, lightening rain,

Thunder awakened life insane, (4)

 

Leave family career friend exit,

Resolute in serving, hungry exist,

Indomitable courage, endurance,

Inflame wiped tears sufferance, (5)

 

Same human male-female kid,

Inspired to learn to smile to read,

God has given both hands act,

Literacy with skill change react, (6)

 

The bird builds a nest ingenuity,

Sleeping on road footpath unity,

Build colonies homes firm more,

Poverty disappears lives enamor, (7)

 

It happened before our eyes true,

Unbelievable acts change view,

A solemn oath, once taken,

People were calling him a joker, (viii)

 

Today, these men treat him as a god,

Hardly seen the Lord their abode,

God is in their hut with children,

Teach play with them if smitten, (9)

 

Not a politician, leader, or thinker,

He was begging for the job with no future,

Mercy negates bemoan hope induces,

Rises courage, strength produces, (10)

 

Merciful the Lord, show mercy visible,

Mercy, acts of human heart miracle,

Mercy, fair weather, beautiful nature,

Mercy, fertile earth, river, hill verdure. (11)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Mercy

Themes: Showing kindness 

Written: 5th February 2024, Cuttack

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