RING
Reminisce childhood hypnotizing,
Sat for a few moments in a
trance,
Streaming past years of
innocence,
Wild dreams unaware believe
fiction,
School boundary wall break
hideout,
A tall tamarind tree the shed
attracts,
Remember gossiping with my girlfriend
a lot,
Narrate stories Grandma told
elaborately,
She used to listen awestruck
fearful,
Believe demons kill traveler
loot all,
Keeps a magical ring hidden
cautiously,
The Demon will die if his Ring
is missing,
Few days after she showed me
her Ring,
Golden Ring with colored stone
blue,
Taunted me hay steal my Ring I
die,
Laughed at her, how foolish she
is, try,
I sat near her in the shed,
confiding,
It was fiction, but she was not
a demon,
She replied to me about the
gift from her papa,
He was pleased with her exam
result,
I eyed the beautiful Ring and
tried,
It fitted my middle finger
exactly,
She knew well I loved her Ring
suppressed,
Kept silent, she requested to
back home,
Time passed, we completed
school,
Both passed with flying colors
closest,
Innocent failed to detect my
intense liking,
She grew mature so soon looked
at me,
The day we were returning from
school,
She told me to be confused and
should say,
Convey what my heart yearns to
her,
I looked at her Ring, and she
caught me,
Oh, you don't like me but my
Ring,
But she confessed her love,
gifted the Ring,
Angrily I protested a lot
futile,
She was stubborn and forced me
to wear,
Hugged me parted immediately,
Never could I see time
separated us,
The Ring was on my finger for
decades,
Felt nostalgic for her memory,
and now understand,
We both were in love with each
other,
She was disappointed I never
confessed,
The untold love secret feeling
emotions,
Forgotten in both hearts,
shield chamber,
I proceed to America to study
medicine,
Practicing surgeon for years
successfully,
Dad requested to return home
quickly,
He was sick and needed help to
recover,
Got a job here in the city,
settled family,
Father recovered happy with us,
It was a surgical operation in
a hospital,
It was successful with a lady,
Difficult a case, fatality in
question,
I was worried about early signs
of recovery,
Attending her every day, she
was feeble,
Drooping eyes, her face
troubled me,
Failed to recognize concluded
by now,
Two weeks after she was freshly
greeted me,
I looked at her surprised and
enquired,
She held my hand, called my
name,
Forgot The Ring you wear I gave
to you,
Stupefied, I stood, eyes
matched,
I called her by her name, and
she smiled,
I held back, felt tears,
and she thanked me,
You saved my life, confessed
thank you,
The Ring she touched was
rubbing.
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Ring
Themes: A ring linked two lives
Written: 12th July 2023,
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