PACK OF CARDS
When
life is asleep comfortable and satisfied,
The
country where born once believes,
Most
fortunate soul, the birth sacred,
Infinitely
beautiful land adds its people,
Hardworking,
hardened, believe in the Almighty,
Offered
everything a human needs plenty,
Joins
the Asia and Europe pristine cultures,
Prosperous
people most ancient enamor,
Bustling
cities, family, bond very tight,
Peace
and happiness ensured progress,
Beautiful
boulevards, wide streets intersect,
Magnificent
residential buildings, offices,
The
architecture traffic busy life exists,
Undertone
a great people less anticipate,
Crowded
markets, roads, houses disturbed,
Earth
was moving extensively, roaring noise,
Gas
lines burst open, caught fire inferno,
A
pack of cards reflected, buildings tumbled,
Dust
thunderous sounds death announced,
Erasing
life in seconds obliterated cities,
Vanished
family life in split seconds,
A
man watches in horror, family crushed,
A
child in the street knows lost parents,
Perished
brothers and sisters, elders,
How
could in second, become an orphan,
Never
believed life could make sharp turns,
Lost
family, children, the man, and female,
Numb
and mute realizes alone in the world,
Time
has snatched everything home, kids,
Male
and female passed life on the soil trusted,
Grew
up here, the wind, water, food plenty,
Mesmerizing
moments, marriage, the birth of a child,
Prayed
a lot to Almighty, thanked for land,
To
him, or her, the best in the world,
Magic
wand, what never asked got in life,
The
land provided security, pleasure, peace,
Nature,
a rare paradise, hypnotizing one,
World
trotters throng every year, enjoying,
The
exotic cuisine malls, hotels, lifestyle,
Aromas
of life unique for land magnetic,
No
more visible, it was sudden, instantly,
Changed
to ruins, deathly, silence, cries,
Rubbles
in heaps pile up, search people,
Listening
cries of children and youth wounded,
Living,
utterly living, breathing, and under,
Under
concrete slabs, cement, bricks,
Each
rescue every second pass noted,
Etching
history, an impossible survival found,
The
blackened face rescues force in sweat dust,
Tricked
hot tears streaming a baby rescued,
Life
unharmed under a large pillar, disbelieve,
Life,
ever defeat death, rare, patronized,
Pack
of cards, families fell instantly,
Homeless,
lost members of family stay,
Life
romantic, happy, amused, city proud,
Gloomy
graveyards lined the streets sadly,
Just
at this hour of the holocaust, humanity rise,
Giant
aircraft of medicines and rescue teams soar,
Flight
after flight mission DOST raised,
The
human race is a brotherhood to help,
World
over countries pouring into,
Saving
crippled, wounded, and dying,
Every
second is urgent for searching life,
Rescue
round the clock, not help, duty,
Life
toppled like a pack of cards to dust,
Survival,
recovery, dutiful humans trust.
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Pack of Cards
Themes:
Turkey earthquake
Date:
9th February 2023, Cuttack
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