FEARFUL
Uncle invites us to offer a
delicious meal,
Favorite dishes Aunty prepares
well,
We siblings crowd him to greet
him often,
Undoubted grab chocolate gifts
a lot,
His children are our closest
friends, love,
Uncle was our neighbor,
remembered well,
How soon time passed days
golden,
The innocent heart pleasure and
fun,
Houses adjacent, we mingle
frequently,
The higher study, we left our
home a future,
Future, we children made,
educated,
Destiny dragged us apart
far-flung,
Hardly we could meet each
other,
Festive occasions, occasional
visits,
Visit Uncle and Aunty
positively,
The reminiscence gets alive to
tear,
We hug our uncle and talk a lot
about our lives,
Gossip encircled him, served
mixtures,
Intense discussion queries his
replies,
Uncle was educated, highly
talented,
Had a flourishing business, a
bookshop,
Voracious a reader knew the
best novels,
Knowledgeable about the globe,
His advice was golden and
helped all,
We recount our stories of we
benefited,
That was summer heat father was
sick,
I had been to visit home to
help my dad,
Stayed for a few weeks and
treated him,
Gradual and slowly, he was
recovering,
Heard uncle is in hospital
critical,
Lost his consciousness shifted
soon,
Doctors were attending
watchful,
Warned for every hour, important,
His survival depends on these
hours,
His children have returned
home,
Aunty was desperate and worried
a lot,
My uncle survived, my father is
well,
It has been a month forced me
on leave,
The diagnosis of my father and
uncle,
Alone sitting in the bedroom
reading,
Socked to see the cause ailment
of both,
A similar cause for sickness
uncle critical,
His heart found to be troubling
him,
Fearing a heart attack doctor
warned,
My father had kidney trouble
cured,
His liver is not now normal in
medicine,
Warning for both I got
astonished,
Strong warning not to touch
alcohol,
Individual doctor for Dad and
Uncle,
Both advised me drinks to be
stopped,
Advised Uncle, I kept my
distance from wine,
I feared Dad never dared to
question,
A few investigations I discovered
soon,
There is a wine parlor nearer
checked,
Dad and uncle's close friends
and visiting,
For decades and regular
customers,
Checked the log register my
fingers trembled,
Came to know now realize a
catastrophe,
It stroked both decent retired
citizens,
Know could have faced paralysis
or death,
Thanked Lord, both survived
fate,
Chilled my spine how to control
them,
Not children but senior lives
respected,
Aunty and Mom took
responsibility,
Fearful from that day to wine a
monster.
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Fearful
Themes: Fearful of wine
possibly kill
Written: 19th July 2023,
Cuttack
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