LENIENCY
Dark
is the room sits quietly alone,
Contemplate
immersive my plight,
Offer
my hands to help but refuse,
Rudely
conveyed to me, keep aloof,
Notices
folk dance from a distance,
Overwhelms
my heart swayed now,
Rhythmic
dancing, my limbs sing,
Mix
with people, joyous automatic,
Mingles
my smiles festive ecstatic,
Pulling
someone with alacrity out,
Shout
disgustedly and warn me,
Not
invited to our community bet,
Join
let again threat consequence,
Dismayed
at the look scorn reason,
Served
people from birth sweeps,
Cleans
street of city dirt in heaps,
Chest
deep in sewerage lifts filth,
Lovingly
smile at life underneath,
Duty
least discriminate accepted,
Earn
peanut for work, not wicked,
Gentle,
polite to people, respect all,
Feast
or ceremony time get a recall,
Lifts
garbage of foods, paper dishes,
Fight
with beggars, dog's life wishes,
Morsels
of food hungry lives want,
Fails
to notice leftover looked scant,
Humans,
if equated with a dog a bit,
Sad
then watching the sight, I quit,
Felt
occasionally pray at the temple,
May
god grace destitute life simple,
Get
food, cloth, a roof needs shelter,
So
mercy to the ill recovery matter,
Life
is precious fate causes disaster,
Untouchable
is the tag life inferior,
Less
than a beggar surprised soon,
People
offer food or cloth to them,
Sit
among them for food overwhelm,
Thrown
out of the line, scolded a lot,
Happen
in front of temple lies but,
Not
allowed to the community wall,
Clean
our door front sewerage mall,
Born
with the caste to die someday,
Not
allowed to lift departed dismay,
Life
dead dogs sick die on the road,
Stinking
smell dispelled crowds trod,
Angry
eyes pointed fingers at me now,
Clear
devil from here get lost to bow,
Illiterate
child labor father died early,
Illicit
wine poisoned, killed him nearly,
Work
mother in brick-kiln grew there,
Play
on the muddy road timeshare,
Slum
with tin roofs, a bed, and an oven,
Once
a meal rice salt onion is chicken,
Lunch-diner
breakfast combine into one,
Fortunate
today get my meal, a man,
Seldom
complains for life, dear friend,
Grudge
against humanity, to befriend,
Told
me, men, at pyres, move to heaven,
Ask
you intelligent wise for me shaken,
Mixes
the ass, graves side by side well,
Grows
the tree luxuriant, spirits dwell,
Our
spirits live together leniency if, exist,
Mingles
with mirth lives why me, resist?
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Leniency
Theme:
The untouchability
Date:
15th December 2022, Cuttack
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