UNKNOWN

 

UNKNOWN

 

Grew up, the city beautiful excite,

Finished school, job here till night,

Sweet home family alluring exists,

Temptations virulent heart resists, (1)

 

A street, every house known to me,

Many of them grew up study time,

Friendship adhesive, bond stronger,

School college market, known sheer, (2)

 

A world within the world life happy,

City glaring lights crowd joy creepy,

Heard people earn big money, are wiser,

Affluence opulent lifestyle superior, (3)

 

Luxury comfort dimension change,

Working there makes money life craze,

Fought with attached mind decide,

Surrendered at last lustily preside, (4)

 

Left family here, join a job, lucrative, 

Rising income aspiration objective,

Unfortunately, migration is disastrous,

Not the owner or neighbor curious, (5)

 

Unknown in the restaurant market, 

Crowd mingling daily push basket,

The anger rebuttal run away soon,

Strangers everywhere earned boon, (6)

 

No work, no food, sickness, life seen, 

Money is needed to help life win,

Megapolis mega expenditure must,

Gradual life felt weaker need to adjust, (7)

 

Stood at the railways, looked at people,

None look at him running in a hustle,

Same at a mall, on a bus or park, alone,

A few years realized unknown blown, (viii)

 

Why? Why, he questioned himself?

Stay as a migrant unknown curse,

He returned that day sick and wise,

Gathered friends and family now prize, (9)

 

Help him recover, wishing profusely,

Tearful realized a man assiduously,

Look at the pyre, people stood,

The air was heavy memories brood, (10)

 

Tears, silent prayers, spirit departs,

Unknown land lone pyre impacts,

Far better his soil people he knew,

Changed his life migrant review. (11)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Unknown

Themes: Fortunate to be amongst your own

Written: 2nd March 2024 Cuttack

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