HER SHADE
Apprehended the future young,
Felt parents acted, ideas
wrong,
They decided, for retired
parents,
Sold property, business,
events, (1)
Stayed with their parents
serve,
Lost father his earning yet
love,
He saw that his father passed
soon,
Few years with grandkid boon,
(2)
Evening time, sleeping on a
couch,
Kids listen to mythological
touch,
Happy with the elder son, his
family,
Grandma happy with kids simply,
(3)
How soon their home was empty,
The youth knew his teenage
pity,
Departure of grandparents
sadly,
Father tried for a job earn
madly, (4)
His past the flourished
business,
Found father labor situation
depress,
Few and far between earning
idle,
Young life clipped thrills,
middle, (5)
Education, the prime hope to
survive,
Scholarship, loans, studies
thrive,
Grace of God, meritorious the
result,
Career was easily achievable,
host, (6)
Supporting parents, a critical
time,
Siblings grew in time, settled
fine,
Shade the mother her
sacrifices,
Nostalgic birthday love
surfaces, (7)
Her countless prayers,
restless,
Without money, children press,
The family burden annual crop,
Rice the factor living only
hope, (viii)
Her struggle to maintain
family,
Never failed in birthdays acts
happily,
She prepares cakes, dishes a
lot,
Reminiscent, my birthday
escort, (9)
Her hopes and prayers were
fulfilled,
Stark depravity, children
shield,
Mother, her shade graceful
kind,
Past years growing, times
remind, (10)
She has never asked for
comfort,
Father passed out suddenly but,
Mother's care, concern, added
soft,
Disobedience to her hurt,
worst,(11)
Decades since father missed,
Lived with children only
wished,
Children have homes, separate,
Year around she visits rotate,
(12)
Happy to watch, her kids
stable,
Her life of poverty missed,
able,
Children with kids are growing,
Grandkids alluring for her
sing, (13)
Advanced age, once fallen,
crisis,
She survived, sick, in
paralysis,
The youth is no more young
life,
Shade of mother presence
strife, (14)
Bedridden, immobile and
forgetful,
The youth is seventy years old,
tearful,
Today's birthday, her shade
absent,
No one to solemnize a dark
event. (15)
Mother was seventeen years old,
Her delivery day fasting day
hold,
Fast without food by evening, a
kid,
She delivered to her eldest
child. ( 16)
She withstood immense pain,
silent,
Mother, her sacrifices, her
life, resilient,
She is the Lord's image first
teacher,
Seventy-two years passed kid's
prayer. (17)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Her Shade
Themes: The shade of the mother
reminds
Written: 18th September 2023,
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