IN SILENCE
Mesmerizing moment earth spinning,
Life of nation changes prosper rolling,
Pervades peace n spreads happiness,
Generation after generation realizes,
Freedom of life democracy touching,
Freedoms are precious after millennia,
Overwhelms a people, amazes the world,
Bewilder world arena vast plurality,
Coexistence cemented realized deep,
Languages, culture, and lifestyles vary,
Ancient famous literature, art, and crafts,
Festive period colorful dance songs,
Length and breadth of the land mingle,
Intermixes for centuries civilization one,
From the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean,
Connects people east and west intense,
Spider web of road, railways, skies,
Traffic busiest big nation moves,
Prosperity wealth sharing illuminates,
Rising industry, education hub, hospitals,
Agriculture, bountiful as never before,
Children youth hopeful dream of paradise,
Wonderfully cities cropping up visualize,
Rustic villages, cartwheels, kerosene lamps,
Muddy roads, underdeveloped, illiterate,
The picture after independence vanished,
Megapolis highrise towers light at night,
An unknown world before a generation,
Born before independence fascinated,
Independent nation, mighty to protect,
Influence later generation youth shines,
Spreading worldwide, impressive,
Settling in different countries, happy,
The golden age of India is remembered,
Praying whole nation, its usher,
Fluttering tricolor independence proud,
Celebrates a billion people decades after,
Metamorphose lifestyle, most modern,
The digital age, blue energy in the offing,
Mindboggling communication contact,
Invention revolutionizes life and its meaning,
Born after independence, I watch earnestly,
Behold changing children, youth girls,
Self-confidence unseen our time in spirit,
Building vast country disbelieves a time,
Twilight years, the fading sun of my time,
Tearful thinks about Indians of the past,
Fought, sacrificed their life, achieved,
Got independence, their children secure,
They pay gratitude, honor, sing fiery,
Overwhelms countryside rural scenes,
Rich, phenomenal growth, peasants feel,
Changes in digital lifestyle gadgets status,
Tricolor seventy-five years old preserved,
I keep it touching my bosom and sit in silence,
May precious freedom never be lost,
Glorious future land emancipation of women,
I prayed in silence,
Hindustan stays and feels blessed.
@ Bijayananda Mishra
