STILLNESS
Uninvited, entered house, was
quiet,
Silent, empty room impacted
direct,
No sign of life, glossy old
furniture,
Shining marble floor reflects
allure,(1)
Called loudly, resounded my
voice,
Book rack old books a good
choice,
Looked around, about to back
out,
A whispering noise reacted
shout, (2)
Spilling blood from the bed
cower,
A female lifeless felt lost all
power,
Touched her wrist and got a
feeble pulse,
Finger under her nose fear
repulse, (3)
She is living life alert and
enormous,
Called an ambulance, still
curious,
Stayed with her in the hospital
yet,
She fought for her life the
whole night bet, (4)
Sat motionless near her alert
mind,
Dripping saline and blood
bottles,
Looking nurse the electronic
gadget,
I failed to understand graphs
detect, (5)
Spikes and curves only
intimating,
She is alive but still in
critical stages,
My eyelids felt heavy, and I
slept unaware,
Dawn breaks doctor checked
share, (6)
She is out of danger and stays
for a week,
Alarmed, worried about her, meek,
Knew I cannot afford the cost
or time,
Only a telephone call curious
fine, (7)
Inform them to visit the house,
to save,
Someone is dying pleaded, did
wave,
Strange house and telephone
call,
Now found the female survived
all, (viii)
A week after payments, she
cleared,
Relieved, revealed her sad
story, cried,
Her only son was an engineer
but died,
His death was a fatal accident
so bad, (9)
Her husband expired a year ago,
In the mansion, she was alone,
lonely,
News, depression shattered
only,
Decided to cut short her life
acted, (10)
Showed her bandaged wrist and
cried,
Listening to her owes disaster
visit,
Time stole her husband and son,
Confessed her guilt and lost
intention, (11)
Her niece discovered a pool of
blood,
My staff, so horrified, called
for help,
Understood, shattered, denied
to live,
I told sister acts Lord never
forgive, (12)
You have to live His wishes
allowed,
Sorrows cloud mind acts
shadowed,
A highly educated sister
introduced,
I accepted her as sister and
induced, (13)
A decade passed back to my city
now,
Visited here now mansion is a
school,
She runs a primary school
famous,
Children erased her sad past
onerous, (13)
Her time passed educating
children,
Stillness I felt in my heart
smitten,
She survived and rebuilt her
life, on my advice,
My hot tears, she hugged me
twice. (14)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Stillness
Themes: Sharply life turns
loved stillness
Written: 13th August 2023,
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