DISCERN
Stupendous
effort, human labor,
Nameless,
countless, ageless, fear,
Got
nothing paid little perished,
Stories
lost monument finished, (1)
Matchless
art and craft miracle,
Granite
marble rock art sparkle,
Glass
gold silver jewel jaded ink,
Colorful
pictures messages wink, (2)
Civilization
glory built huge cost,
Years a
million labored lives lost,
Elephant
horse cartwheel roads,
Muddy
knee-deep water accords, (3)
The
land and people built regal,
Monuments,
palace, fortress, wall,
Monstrosity
sequel culture, write,
Visited
palaces, forts, lived, place excite, (4)
Centuries
stood perfectly silent,
Past
land lives believed present,
Whispers
executive work crafts,
Idols,
temples, and rock work, in fact, (5)
Weigh
new-age view of the future,
Why do
humans feel in danger fear,
Think
in extinct holocaust yell,
Doomsday
link nuke blackmail, (6)
Our
forefathers built died sadly,
To
civilization generation madly,
Build
roads, fast trains, buses, planes,
Skyscraper
megapolis in veins, (7)
No
connection with past justice,
Prejudiced
education life notice,
Tag
ignoble ignorant illiterate,
I felt
crying forefathers liberate, (viii)
There
was freedom, no wall stay,
Artisan
musician painter display,
Poets,
writers, sages, wizards exist,
Golden
age coins were gold list, (9)
Page
currency machine transfer,
Lo,
civilized people getting poor,
No
food, no clothes, no roof, or job,
Life
sob street sight sob if rob, (10)
Rob our
culture concrete jungle,
Vanish
forest fertile land tumble,
Air
polluted water polluted taint,
Land
polluted scar no ointment, (11)
We
dream holocaust, ruins, skulls,
But
places forts will stay stroll,
It was
a sad feeling evening in grace,
I sadly
viewed the Mysore-Palace, (12)
The
king was respected in the past,
We are
a democratic time cast,
Lost a
scenic beauty wall built,
We
fight among us casts, guilt, (13)
Modernity
education is false,
Hides
hypocrisy, divides, repulse,
More
hatred enemy breeds pride,
No more
build palace forts slide, (14)
Discern
division, unity, diversity,
Land
once stood to discern veracity,
Old is
gold learn generation pray,
Wisdom
from past glory dismay. (15)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Discern
Themes:
Analyze our past and why we built castles
Written:
22nd December 2023, Cuttack
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