PONDER
Askance unlimited ambit defies,
Human mind exploration sighs,
Tied of searching evaluate
effort,
Material pleasure, infect, live
fort, (1)
Dream castles, imaginary
stories,
Million pages yet intense
worries,
Despicable situation, hostile lives,
Impossible to reach dares
strives, (2)
Look at the castle on top of a
hill,
A thousand laborers lift
stones, kill,
Nameless obliterated lives a
past,
They spared their life golden
last, (3)
Traveled these chambers empty,
Lived rulers once here, say
plenty,
Hundreds of concubines,
cronies,
Luxurious lives comforts
ironies, (4)
They lived, looted, plundered
killed,
Hunting palaces empty,
tear-filled,
Merciless, kings, queen
minister,
Fratricidal fights, brother
sister, (5)
Imprison father buried mothers,
Silent canons underground hers,
Mass attempts, burning
themselves,
Thousand princesses in fire
ashes, (6)
Quietude rules dark tunnel
fear,
Thirst lust where the end,
disappear,
Stood for a few minutes,
silence fuel,
Whispered burning women cruel,
(7)
Invaders human subjects
similar,
One kills chained other
peculiar,
Return from a castle, brutal
past,
Sordid insanity hungry lives
last, (viii)
The Taj grave of king and
queen,
Rare and strikingly beautiful
seen,
The birth of the fourteenth
child,
Death of queen, The Taj
revealed, (9)
Sleeps Emperor butchered elder,
Built Taj his love memory
secure,
Introspect New Age animal
stays,
History repeats sight differs,
ways, (10)
Attitude changes, modern views,
Building towers skyscrapers
use,
Polluted toxic populous
shifting,
Megapolis to ghost city,
hunting, (11)
Bitter war terror faceless
appears,
Cruel, then past invader
monsters,
They kill or kill to boast
proudly,
Aghast shout, for salvation
loudly, (12)
Urban, civilized, proclaim
madly,
Futuristic technology atom,
sadly,
Gone are castles missile
strange,
Doomsday, human race arrange,
(13)
Changes peace bonhomie amity,
Hostility, enmity, vicious,
calamity,
In the park, extraordinary
beauty,
Green fields flowers peace
pretty, (14)
Stay it is late night thinks
detail,
Ponder human race exists
prevails,
Lives simply, mingle with
nature,
Peace, happiness, love, know
better. (15)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Ponder
Themes: Foolish life fights,
kills and boasts
Written: 17th November 2023, Cuttack
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