REBORN
The
day I was a witness, observed,
Imprinted
in my heart is a tragic event,
Brokenhearted,
I couldn't withstand,
A
young girl in our neighborhood,
Deceived
by her lover, fled from a locality,
Pregnant,
she was condemned by the public,
Females
were beating her mercilessly,
Scolding,
addressing, lowly character,
Her
mother was slapping her own forehead,
Scornful,
men were looking angry,
Her
father was sitting on the road,
Holding
his head, looked down,
I
wondered if he was crying in shame,
She
was thrown out of her home,
She
sat under a nearby tree,
Next
dawn, she vanished totally,
No
one could see her in the town,
I
remember that evening starkly,
The
event churned my heart,
A
young girl, pregnant, is missing,
No
one is concerned about her,
Her
parents tried to forget her,
She
was the point of gossip, nasty,
Even
young women criticized her,
Elderly
persons called her a prostitute,
The
topic came to my home, heard,
My
wife and daughter were commenting,
Felt
extremely bad for society, then,
What
should we teach my daughter,
Never
love a young man in life,
In
a split second, I knew paralyzing,
Tell
daughter to keep disciplined,
Truth,
humanity faced, a reality,
Unwanted
pregnancy, killing fetus,
To
save dignity from a failed marriage,
Murder
a life in the womb innocent,
I
dignified the girl in my heart,
A
mother in the future protects her child,
Betrayed
her lover, her cruel life revealed,
The
soul of an unfortunate girl loved,
Trusted
a human, I contemplated,
Who
exhibits love and care, cheated,
We
loved university campus girls,
Dared
to express a loving heart, knew,
Many
friends stamped their affairs,
To
love-marriage resulted in a relationship,
How
many boys had gone to prison,
Tell
my turbulent thoughts, so natural,
Simple
a Youngman loves a girl,
Naturally,
human nature exhibits,
A
thousand Novels the motion picture,
Applauded
by viewers, a box office,
The
man, who made his girl pregnant,
Fled,
the cowardly act, a serious crime,
He
gets married, gets prestige a lot of,
The
hypocrisy of civil society is bare,
A
shelter home philanthropic helped,
Funded
by my capability to search,
They
found her begging and admitted her,
Took
care of the baby and the mother,
A
year after, I visited her, enquired,
How
are you feeling, dear child?
Her
answer was crisp and touching,
Reborn,
sir, I never believed.
@
Bijayananda Mishra