STANCE

 STANCE

 

Unmoved his position, stubborn,

Faced criticism preference born,

Speaking against other prohibit,

Adhere to silence gossip he quit, (1)

 

Aloofness attitude, lonely, silent,

Personality honest, pious, decent,

Unique life existence exemplary,

Humiliated hurt insult unsavory, (2)

 

Mocked, yet tolerate, look away,

Stance unperturbed inhibits way,

Now, the surprising thing to sock,

Educated a school teacher luck, (3)

 

A villager students migrate to the city,

Good education plum post pretty,

Proficient in book knowledge, deal,

Never noticed virtue teacher feel, (4)

 

Opposite stance quarrelsome life,

Noisy, abusive, angry, counter strife,

Cause fear uproar win nefarious,

Tearful parents evade yet furious, (5)

 

Students fail to learn stance, rare,

Incapable to follow, hidden repair,

Change personality character well,

Stance not written following tell, (6)

 

Plant a tree, feed pet animals, birds,

Lesson for life kindness, get a reward,

Polite, humble, benevolent living,

Stance missing in book thinking, (7)

 

Help sufferer downtrodden divine,

Selfless acts purify the heart, shine,

Look at the lotus leaf water bubble,

Fail to attach with leaf no trouble, (viii)

 

Similar human life unattached,

Uncorrupt facing dirt scratched,

Observe the lotus, beautiful flower,

Rises from muddy water tower, (9)

 

Unmatched beauty fragrant stay,

Root muddy, like lies, subtly dismay,

Numerous stances, notice, practice,

Human life developed get justice, (10)

 

Prosperous attitude refined praise,

Equals with school teacher haze,

The troublesome part to follow attain,

Stance rare quality lotus leaf gain. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Stance

Themes: Conviction

Written: 11th July 2024, Cuttack

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STANCE

 STANCE

 

Story beautiful decades-old remind,

Four brothers, a sister, a family existing,

Parents loving, mother housewife,

Father was a teacher in a city school,

Favorite teacher, evening tuition at home,

No electricity, fan; children squatting,

Kerosene lamp, lantern polished,

Students bring a personal lantern.

Siblings joined one by one at the school,

Attended tuition with other guys,

Circulated stealthily, father unaware,

Best student’s notebooks were prized possession,

Brothers burned oil lamps at midnight,

Dusk to dawn study for high school,

A time we siblings were reading,

Attending college, the cost of study higher,

Hardly father can meet our expenses,

By selling cakes, stitching at home,

Mother supplemented few to father,

Father was doing puja at other homes,

Get some monthly contributions,

Children passed, graduated timely,

Now very well know parents hardship,

Obliged, all were thinking of jobs,

The eldest one got a job in a post office,

Salary helped the youngest sister for study,

She could finish post-graduation,

We brother in few years got jobs,

Bank, railway, electricity, service,

Four brothers got settled in life,

All with modest income clerical,

Happy brothers with monthly salary,

Satisfaction is more than dad’s salary,

Our family is now affluent, established,

Thatched cottage to a brick mansion,

Each of us has a scooter, home TV,

We could keep a domestic help,

She sweeps the floor, washes disks,

Youngest-daughter got a higher job,

Administrative post a jeep servant,

Quarter she got near her office,

On Sunday, we dined together, a must,

Sister comes by her official jeep,

We promised our parents one day,

All siblings decided to be united,

One house in town with parents,

Brother wives will stay at home,

We excused sister to be separate,

She assured us to visit on puja,

Festivals every month puja at home,

We shall worship family idol together,

The stance took shape in reality, true,

Home n childen were never noisier,

It was a big mansion large family,

Stance to stay with parents,

Known in the locality, the clan famous,

Gradual, it was sudden, collapsed,

Brothers, we preferred transfers,

We accused one by one a reason,

Children have gone astray by not studying,

Wives refute the stance as unreasonable,

Small house kids for better care,

We left one by one, parents, alone,

The home stands lonely, stance broken.

 

@ Bijayananda Mishra