EVALUATIVE
Essay
life scripts are invisible,
Mind
dictated all along neatly,
How
often the heart was rebellious,
Protesting
spirit paralyzing limbs,
Grumbles
life desires intensity,
Promoting
anger in veins rushing,
Unwilling
to leave sweet home,
Leaving
the better half longer cruelly,
Somber,
her pale face hiding tears,
The
half-ajar bedroom looked silently,
Her
eyes pointed transfixed, staring,
Matching
eye ball to eye ball a second,
Devastated,
heartbroken, evaded now,
Unblinking,
her bright eyes signaled,
Communicating
a thousand messages,
Don't
leave dear, sweet home at all,
Look at
children understand, sadly,
Know
their father leaving for a long,
Longing
desperately for cancellation,
Intolerable
absence of Papa sobbing,
Controlling
their best crying frigid,
Opened
the front door was raining,
Summer
is leaving rain clouds,
The
entire sky turned dark and dampened,
The
street is submerged under water,
Not a
pedestrian visible or traffic,
Carried
heavy luggable on the back,
Fearing
not to look behind, leave quickly,
Knew
heart melt, to watch kids,
That
was a sad evening got soaked,
Walked
miles to pick up the bus,
Hundreds
of miles away got a job,
Assured
of good income, best luck,
Realized
earnings can change fate,
From
abject poverty to a luxurious life,
Never
thought of self-comfort,
Children
will be lucky to get an education,
Dreaming
children will be officers,
Wished
should not be a cycle mechanic,
Let not
daughter be a domestic worker,
Her
progress in her study offers opportunities,
She
will be educated, wealthy, working,
Her
husband is a handsome man,
Reputed
family well-known accept,
Felt
tears on the bus thinking,
Must
leave my shop for good,
Work in
the distant city get plenty of,
Wife no
more will work at houses,
For
domestic-servant, a tag will be erased,
She
will cook food well, feed children,
Get new
dresses for her and the kids,
The
home will have a television, fridge,
Cooking
gas kitchen new life,
Electricity
fan electric light,
Children
will be reading comfortably,
Plenty
of books, paper, utilities,
No
problem with school fees to attend,
That
was an evening mind rock solid,
Refused
pleading heart protesting soul,
Decades
after expressing my surprise,
Both
children are studying in cities,
Papa,
we need money send please,
His
wife is alone now in her home,
Leaving
the job kids employed,
A
pension that can sustain life,
Knocked
on the front door surprised her,
Stunned
to find me in front,
Told
everything decisions evaluative,
Let
rest of our life in peace with care,
Support
her slim frame, tender limbs,
Help
her a life decent and quiet,
Life
itself evaluative time dictate.
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Evaluative
Themes:
Family life contemplative
Written:
22nd June 2023, Cuttack
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