PLETHORA
Here
is a family continental apart,
Flourished
for two generations settled,
Talented
members, doctors, engineers,
The
family of each individual member grew,
Settle
in nearby and distant cities,
Keep
communication, unites one yearly,
Remember,
root an ancient land,
Forefathers
migrated for job menial,
Prospered,
got free, cherished the soil,
Loved
the adopted country acquainted,
The
air, water, landscapes chained,
The
alien culture, language, lifestyle,
Went
into the blood domicile stories,
Forgotten
the land that belongs to them,
Theirs
exist a small village nameless,
Obscurity
poetic unbelievably paradise,
Living
an idealistic woman iconic,
Approaching
a century, still in fine shape,
Remember
everything, children,
Comfortable
in a beautiful mansion,
Attendants,
the doctor serves
Lives
with a grandkid in love and care,
Treated
as a goddess worshipped,
Contacts
her children overseas,
Another
group of children lives in Europe,
Family
of writers, architects, business,
Wealthy
affluent a few generations,
Branched
out to neighboring countries,
Settled
with children got nationality,
European
by now linked to her,
Never
saw her in person, heard a lot,
Heard
about the paradise the abode,
One
son traveled to Africa, is living there,
Five
sons and three daughters grew up,
Got
married, have families business,
Gems export hospital chain lifeline,
Flourished
in decades, got nationality,
Citizens
of these countries, globetrotters,
The
octogenarian lady has a son,
Stays
in her country in a city settled,
Educationist,
his six sons, professors,
Two
are with their father rest migrated,
Their
families are established,
Rarely
ever visit the grandmother,
Hundreds
of invitations from the world over,
She
is magnanimous, politely refuses,
Keeps track of hundreds of families,
Their
children keep in contact, surprised,
Far
off from their land, there is a home,
An
ancient land, an unknown village,
The
beauty of nature, from the book, is stark,
Sparsely
populated village life is serene,
Spellbound
in their ancestral language,
The
culture, dresses, customs, and fantasy,
Festivals
inspiring Holi, Diwali, Dussehra,
The
folk dance tune drum flute is thrilling,
Awakened
a lot of curious links with the lady,
Her
picture is in every family home,
Kids
look for questions imprinted on their eyes,
Pilgrimage
just started now and then,
Circulated
picture, video, recording,
World
over circulated instantly liked,
You
are our relative blood elation,
The
mainland linked on lips to continents,
Her
children, grandkids, great grand ones,
Nearing
a few hundred think relatives,
The
astonishing aspect, the title stays the same,
Living
on the planet virtually strangers,
On
the occasion of her hundredth birthday,
International
visitors homing pointed,
The
festive atmosphere from the news hidden,
Dense
forest hilled circled the village,
Each
visitor looks other hypnotized,
You
are in Europe, Africa, and America!
Oh
my God, ancestral blood links,
The
plethora is disbelieving,
The
reality is incredible, Ma.
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Plethora
Theme:
Expanding blood links
Date:
7th December 2022, Cuttack
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