PEDIGREE
Inconsolable
twilight years stare,
Build
castles reality dream share,
Love
people, encounter, cherish,
Wonderful
friendship share wish, (1)
Extreme
effort, diligence, tireless fit,
Determination
to be rich in discreet,
Underneath
heart, suppressed sadly,
Generations
poverty, living madly, (2)
Migrated
for work, money, shelter,
Family
history, sad, tragic chapter,
Inner
urges to lift lives famished,
Succeeded
to eliminate tarnished, (3)
Ample
income business success,
Family
affluent amused, lot impress,
An only
child, educated, established,
Inherit
wealth, single astonished, (4)
Decided
to continue as a single felt,
Accordingly,
his life sads melt,
Dissociated
from business wealth,
Prefer
simple life stayed at length, (5)
Rejected
friendships, party gossip,
Rejected
intimacy, hate courtship,
Shattered
twilight years arriving,
Fatherly
heart crying yet thriving, (6)
Hope
indefinite against hope trail,
Generation
to be maintained wail,
Sick
was wife health cut short to tell,
Another
child, possibly death nail, (7)
Decades
passed, accepted God's will,
Scarcely
protest anticipated reveal,
Son
will someday marry and plan,
Have
children we dreamed for the clan, (viii)
Progresses
our generation prosper,
Sweet
dreams melted, dies creeper,
My
child adopt social activity a lot,
Single
in life serve needy sick alert, (9)
Beyond
our advice, his replies bunt,
He
assured service to parent taunt,
No
requirement for children to firmly,
Devastated
today failed sad finally, (10)
Look
back, parents, grandpa died,
Lack of
treatments, medicines, lied,
Hunger
was their companion hurt,
When
flourished my parents I lost, (11)
Love
generations their root, remind,
Village,
stone built a home, once find,
Wished
some grandchild to return,
His
village home rebuild, concern, (12)
Sink in
despite, knew the root ends,
Time
describes a new era of dividends,
I, me,
mine, modernity, fascination,
Wife,
child burden procrastination, (13)
I live,
I serve, My life is a storybook,
Pedigree
is just fictional, fails to hook,
Continue
my son with a hypothesis,
Doesn't
know grandparent, thesis, (14)
No need
to have photographs felt,
Yes,
they lived, died, and pedigree left.
A saga
of race, root, history, fade,
Ultramodern
life single yet tirade. (15)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Pedigree
Themes:
The new age generations pitters out
Written:
3rd October, 2023, Cuttack
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