CORROSIVE
In
a big world, humans get wild,
Empire
of splendor, luxury, dreamland,
Amaze
metropolis, glassy towers,
Kissing
the sky, he gets awestruck,
Floor
upon floor reveals goldmine,
Show
your talent pickup to capacity,
Journey
accomplished one day,
Travel
from a poor-country suburb,
The
dirt and mud were once ruling life,
Hunger
below the corroded tin shed,
Knew
childhood the pang deathlike,
Sick
and sunken eyes alert, worried,
Know
well without a morsel of food,
The
youth is ill, may die in a few days,
No
one near him to provide water,
Sleeping
inert youth death is freedom,
Life
astonishingly entwines spellbound,
A
group search found the youth,
Taken
to hospital malnourished,
Treated
for a week, getting normal,
He
won a jackpot of a million with a ticket,
The
syndicate searched him and found,
His
name, identity recorded duly,
This
dying youth today a millionaire,
Highly
educated gold medalist scientist,
Doctorate
in space technology,
Alas,
unemployed in the city, banished,
The
state of a country needs leaders,
Mint
a mountain of gold as an actor,
Business
never means logic, decency,
Corrosive
interactions fail opponents,
Business
swallows everything slowly,
Lock
stock and barrel swindled,
Left
the opponent, empty hands,
A
destitute by now roaming wayward,
Dies
untimely news headlines,
Education
backburner earn a lifetime,
Earn
a politician in a day equally,
Looking
back, the youth his past is past,
Standing
in front of a tower studied,
The
land of opportunity he reached,
A
lot of hope gathered to work hard,
Proved
his caliber in technology,
Not
the money but a name,
Felt
sobbing not to die ignominious,
But
his merit, qualifications honored,
Fetch
dignity, and respect, work timely,
His
achievements will be given credit,
Met
the corporate leaders, the board,
The
hour-long interview was impressive,
Excellent
salary, residence the job,
The
industry is a monster the existence,
Full
of talented people rarely sleep,
The
sprawling high-rise buildings are busy,
Crowded
day and night, ingenious mind,
He
found the harbor to anchor,
Here
definitely here is waiting a life,
Prospered,
recruited, to develop an engine,
A
force multiplier he got satisfied,
A
decade of research, hard work,
Today
he expects accolades, respect,
Surprised
the news flashed differently,
The
corporate head covers the headline,
Applauding
a great people impressed,
dismayed
in darkness is speechless,
Auburn
curly hair getting white,
No
more crying, feeling sad a little,
Everything
is fine not a native,
Not
a white tongue English is brown,
I
am now rich, a rich person,
He
packed his bags to his land to recluse,
Finds
seclusions from a corrosive world,
Happy,
a destination he understood.
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Corrosive
Themes:
Exploitation
Story:
Fiction
Date:
29th November 2022, Cuttack
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