GRASSROOTS
Grew up
educated and believed,
Professional
life status survived,
Skyscrapers
kiss the sky, symbolize,
Where
human aspiration is realized, (1)
Work
starts at day to late night,
Travel
far-flung, purpose a flight,
Conference
meeting people thrill,
Famous
hotel's monotonous drill, (2)
Mosaic
marble floors chandelier,
Bedroom
foam mattress superior,
Bewilder
bathroom switches stay,
The
comfort restaurants dismay, (3)
Variety
of food leisure life passes,
A
bundle of currency earns splashes,
Fewer
believed education provides,
Lifestyle
work prestige a high ride, (4)
It has
been years forgot home, sad,
In
front star hotels, demeanor mad,
Unknown
guise smiles and says a few,
Visiting
card bank cards to review, (5)
The
tall building glass tower, I fear,
Aloof,
strange life, polite behavior,
Why do
I get scared wish home soon,
Remorse
the look of children, moon, (6)
Papa,
have you come stay a week,
I
replied to children, holiday seek,
Want to
return to our village eager,
Informed
my parents past assure, (7)
Changed
life so soon abode nature,
I grew
up here with beautiful, verdure,
Rustic
hallow rural scenes change,
Thatched
roof parents life amaze, (viii)
Sleep
on the lap of my mother resting,
Children
laughing at me and enjoying,
Rice
water leaves vegetables chilly,
Onion
tamarind mango eats silly,(9)
Forget
hotel food childhood taste,
Lunch
over card games, then rest,
Children
asked, papa, now your life,
I
answered my grass root, not strife. (10)
The
life far from high society class,
Far
from metal road towers glass,
Far
from tension, worries, visions,
Grassroots
survived eons, reasons. (11)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Grassroots
Themes:
Village life than city life
Written:
1st March 2024 Cuttack
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