REBIRTH
Disbelieve
life is so mercurial,
Impossible
to guess the direction,
Uncoiled
time before me ecstatic,
I
followed drunk whimsical happy,
Found
unearthly treasure in me,
Discovered
in my heart blossoming,
Red
rose fragrant in vision, my love,
Budding
youth saw the flowering,
Fascinated
by feminine beauty,
Lost
my time befriending girls,
University
campus impetus really,
The
campus canteen, garden,
The
Interval at class lunch hours,
Passed
with girlfriend in gossip,
Talks
ever end, wait to be continued,
Examination
arrival separates,
Quiet
night alerted study remember,
Her
face was floating on pages,
Closed
books writings practiced,
Surprised
it was ending in a letter,
Similar
symptoms affected her,
We
passed with success is the story,
Imprinted
her presence in my heart,
Never
could think of missing her,
The
story of life ending is always tragic,
Friends
in youth get separated,
Day
in and day out occupied thoughts,
Time
widens the distance sadly,
We
were writing letters regularly, in love,
Waiting
for marriage employment,
The
home I saw in innumerous,
Couple
with kids making fun,
Affected
by envy was dreaming,
Salary
of the first month I counted,
Home,
marriage, child arrives,
A
day came I decided to visit her,
Told
her my arrival time date,
She
was listening to me silently,
I
didn't get her reply and failed to notice,
When
knocking on her home, surprised,
She
has gone to meet her parents,
Parents
arranged a marriage proposal,
She
never disclosed to me the fact,
The
moment I surmised reality,
Rebellious
in heart, I was shattered,
Felt
the ground was moving under,
Imbalanced
collapsed in a sock,
Disbelieve
whom I once loved,
My
soul revolted as if dying,
Thought
earth was rotating fast,
I
hold my head in both hands,
It
was midnight alone on the road,
Could
not recognize the place,
Shattered,
careless sat on a bench,
The
railway platform trains moving,
Saw
people traveling, thought,
All
of them have a destination,
Alone
on a bench, I searched,
Where
shall I go to die peacefully,
No
more dreaming of a home, a couple,
Smiling
at distant kids was unreal,
Miracle
the incident calling mom,
How
are you, dear child dad is sick,
Please
come home and attend to him,
I
found my duty and the destination,
The
cold wind from an open window,
The
train was moving fast, matched me,
Tears
dried; I could see I was needed,
Not
alone, my parent seeking me,
A
sleep engulfing me, living worth,
Discovering
for me the rebirth.
@
Bijayananda Mishra
Theme:
Fiction
