REMINISCENT
A teen
got aware of spirit vibrant,
Flows
the river near the home deep forest,
Cornfields,
golden a cave with bats,
Tiger
prowls smelly shiver spine in rocks,
School
a big field in the front forest behind,
The
narrow road is straight with mango trees,
Big
plot of boundary wall high our home,
Fear
hunt in evening jackals howl,
A
village of natives obscures teenage,
The
canvas lives thrilled a running heart,
Wild in
infinite joy in bush animals at bay, (a)
The
canvas scrolled to the beach,
Blue
sea, a golden beach waves crest in ego,
A
moment crashes into sea surrender,
Wild
heart ran amok in sand from school,
Escape
classes get lost in golden beach,
Dilapidated
houses a tiny river stream, fish,
Merges
in the sea, casuarinas forest nearby,
Time
sweeps, reminiscent picturesque boyhood,
A
paradise at the seashore lonely roar of the sea,
The
shrill wind in nearby forest dry wood creak, (b)
The
school college features nascent,
Life
matured through books, exams,
The
famous temple festivals spread amity,
Stream
pilgrims offer devotion,
Small
the town left a day Sun rises in the east,
Life as
asphalt road built in hope at river dam,
The
confluence of energy PowerStation earth-dam,
College
of Engineering life metamorphic differed,
An
intricate, complex world followed in life,
Family
life and career and clipped education, (c)
Decades
of busiest life saw people countryside,
Traveled
the length and breadth of the land,
Flight
passionate the projects meeting people,
Work
intensive work was over suddenly,
Packed
personal content farewell memorable,
Left
time, alone late at night, at the roadside,
The
last bus that picked me remember,
Failed
to trace a tear, window side,
Cool
air swept past O spirit time recoiled, (d)
Roll
back, not possibly look to the future,
Decades
over tagged to home in meditation,
Impact
an accident injury at head took years,
Saw
life slow natural pattern eventless,
Dreams
pale, crimson years nostalgic past,
Walk in
the morning gust of fresh air enlivens,
Riverfront
Road sweet home, wonderful family,
Mother
with me, father departed years ago,,
Son,
his wife left, busy in life, down the floor,
Wife so
caring with pills medicine in time, (e)
Grew in
passion in quest of divine four decades,
Fund of
the banks of river Ganga,
Himalayan
trips etched deep and lasting,
Reminisces,
overwhelm the years in motion,
Confluence
to complete the final journey,
Touch a
silver line of seven decades in the realm,
Look
far off past as reel rolling regal forward,
Life
will kiss tomorrow at dawn, crimson bright,
Walk on
the riverfront with my wife in the morn,
The
reminiscence will be a sight…. (f)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Reminiscent
Themes:
Life story self ink
Shared:
21st August 2023, Cuttack
Note:
Senior Citizen Day
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