PROGENY
Saga of
our lives imbibe sorrows,
Grew
with father hire tomorrows,
Three
brothers and two sisters, our lives,
Lack
mother left quickly believes, (1)
Picture
of their mother garlanded,
Wall
frame with flower demanded,
Recollect
mother, feeling alone here,
Father
never weep but sad, in tear, (2)
His
silent somber face beguile tell,
He is
missing more than us in detail,
He
cooks our food, wash our cloth,
His
cares and father mother both, (3)
Prepare
our bed, teach at night,
Leave
us at school, at home write,
Our
father, a writer, books, famous,
His
income from books is onerous, (4)
He
struggled hard in life, fighting,
Told
stories at night, a few singing,
Glued
to his teachings, character,
Father
builds in us honesty better, (5)
His
loss, our mother, he thrived,
We grew
up supported joy revived,
The
siblings achieved success, hail,
We
integrated, our father lives nail, (6)
Still,
mother preoccupies our lives,
Pray
Lord together, our father believes,
The
habit of prayer, loving parents,
We
children unite, undercurrents, (7)
Destiny
diversifies lives predestined,
Spread
over state time questioned,
Not
possible to help meet together,
Father
in his home writes, weaker, (viii)
link
assistance money health care,
We five
rotation-wise attend, share,
His
demise horrible time shattered,
We no
more need to visit scattered, (9)
Decade
passes, our story mingles,
Couples
at a distance, plight singles,
Wall
frame of father and mother fit,
Children
to later age worship meet,(10)
The
story of our family terminated here,
Progeny
splintered across the globe in fear,
Split
families spectacles innocuous,
Our
offspring separated, delirious, (11)
Complexity
urban lives dissociated,
Forgotten
grand children root fated,
Spread
out over the world distance,
It is
hard to see uncle, aunty instance, (12)
Their
grandparent's times, memories,
Lost
permanently in hearts, stories,
Immersion
of parents' picture deed,
Offer
food water bathed life indeed, (13)
Knowing
our lives, at a tender age need,
Kids
thousand miles away to heed,
Impossible
for modern lives to attend,
Busy
lives acceptable kids pretend, (14)
The
story of three generations is uncanny,
Filtering
out root, in vain, progeny,
Our
progeny numerous time dates,
Past
memories, a family predates, (15)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Progeny
Themes:
Widening generations miss the link
Written:
7th October 2023, Cuttack
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