MERCHANT
Bewitching beauty inherited,
Admired, captivated spirited,
Youth visit mesmerizing exit,
Shining glory luster into mist, (1)
Fade quicker than anticipated,
Female-to-mother appropriate,
Anoint aspirations children,
Spoke of wheel female waken, (2)
Smiling children's laughter lit,
Crowded mother's lap delight,
Far richer than gold children,
Proud her heart sight moisten, (3)
Children grow faster, flourish,
Lap of mother empty to wish,
The axis her hubby supported,
No more in the world reported, (4)
Homeless children are discarded,
She was the merchant raided,
Her charisma, beautiful family,
She has lost everything silly, (5)
The wheel of her fate she lives,
Survived disaster and pain, thrives,
Socked people who know her,
Merchant her enigma enamor, (6)
Never seen sorrow or sadness in life,
She resembles a wheel strife,
Stagnant, unable to move to settle,
Poverty, hunger, loneliness, rattle, (7)
Sell cotton thread for oil lamps,
In front of the temple, a stamp,
Often, people look at her silent
Disbelieve she stood resilient, (viii)
The Merchant of Envy exhibit,
Being an elderly lady persists,
Self-independent, less income,
Ungrateful children, no emotion, (9)
Oil lamps she prepares sell burn,
Scantly ask the Lord yet earn,
Rare merchants offered hailed,
Her children established failed, (10)
Husband left the world single,
Those who visit the temple fewer mingle,
As a merchant gave pleasure or love,
Merchant withstood pain solve. (11)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Merchant
Themes: Life of an elderly woman
Written: 23rd May 2024, Cuttack
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