GRAIN
Eons,
human got awestruck, mad,
A grain
of rice or wheat time sad,
Unknown
era when nomads to halt,
Found
weeds tall, granary tumult,(1)
Hungry
humans moving, endless,
Hunting
the means, survival less,
Hostile
earth and climate devour,
Human
lives in cave beasts favor, (2)
God
knows when humans found,
Fire
the cooking food spellbound,
Changed
lifestyle grain blessing,
Nomad
to civilization live kissing, (3)
Cultivation
harvest ancient host,
The
human population, scarcely lost,
Rain visits,
flood, fails to famine,
Crop
harvest to failure life define, (4)
Store
granaries bountiful motion,
Know
human value grain notion,
Caution
to save water, irrigation,
Water
reservoir dams precaution, (5)
Fertile
land greenery nature hire,
Peaceful,
happy life, prosper, care,
Generations,
farmers tilling stays,
Bullock
cart, oxen, plowing ways, (6)
Cow
dung fertilizer, yet preserved,
Ripe
grains field golden deserved,
The
sight of mesmerizing wind play,
Waves
of delight sustains life say, (7)
Vanishing
pictures diminish lives,
Erode
landscape, forest deprives,
Dust
storm early warning desert,
Rural
luster destroyed lacks effort, (viii)
Migration
million lives throng hit,
Begging
bowl a morsel of food lit,
A grain
of rice weighed a ton of gold,
Scarce
to obtain fight lives scold, (9)
Cities,
industry, modern life sad,
Lifeless
hostile land lost emerald,
Visits
harvesting cornfield glory,
Golden
Aura annual labor, story, (10)
Forests
green, river blue or water,
Trees
countless fruit orchards here,
Mother
Earth, her gifts grain admit,
Allure
verdure child smile predict, (11)
Assurance
rosy tomorrow a grain,
Simple
living, ample food ingrain,
Centuries
of villages stood survived,
Cities
built, ruined, death revived, (12)
Never
lost to human lesson bold,
Grains
of rice on a rooftop, hold,
At
dawn, pigeons converge timely,
Water
bucket, strewn rice nicely, (13)
Surprised
my heart touched time,
Pigeons
wait patiently in grain line,
Cooked
rice, water, bullock wait,
Watch
my clock stand to look quiet, (14)
The
sense of timing is phenomenal,
Grain
satiates hunger, life is magical,
Birds
or beasts detect, rightly grain,
Alas,
human forgets, lives drain. (15)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Grain
Themes:
Critical to survive a grain of rice
Written:
26th October 2023, Cuttack
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