CROSSROADS

 CROSSROAD

 

Faced thunderstorms shuddered,

Came spring blossoms, wondered,

Shivered in sickness, fever rising,

Recover to pink health, surprisingly,(1)

 

 Emotion killed sadness, overpowering.

Losing dear ones forever, life cowers,

The intimate life entwined happily,

Time removes closed relatives sadly, (2)

 

 Undone, clueless to meet problems,

Prejudice to practice help emblem,

Never could prove faith established,

Troubling times pray to tear unleash, (3)

 

 Life probes the future, fate, destiny,

Change situations suddenly recall,

Stands at points of time transfixed,

Where to move left and right, mixed, (4)

 

 Human life is a virtue to move forward,

Crossroad encounters valor reward,

Trouble comes with the direction poses,

Solving the experience life imposes, (5)

 

 Countless stories, a square visible,

Lamp post under a human single,

Thinking on the first step, puzzled,

Crossroad four directions sizzled, (6)

 

Across all ages, gender decides,

Progress of life crossroads presides,

Laborers' Day Prosperity Day stay,

Work is the route, a prosperous way, (7)

 

 Choose path deception, mischievous,

Back to the crossroad, hell suspicious,

Crossroad symbolizes noble deeds,

A route to the den of the devil indeed. (viii)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Themes: A path chosen for prosperity

Written: 1 May 2026 ( Laborers' Day )

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