THE LAST NOTE
Sycophancy
hurts, attitude naive,
Glittering
lives, glorious life crave,
Altogether
different, look-alikes say,
Gold
jewelry shines truthful sway, (1)
Truth
is bitter often, enmity creates,
Glorious
life, humanity, less threat,
Out of
question exploitation loves,
Inhabit
glory human heart solves, (2)
Fountain
of love eyes glint, smile,
Glitter
envy green eyes pose style,
Immaculate
dress polished tongue,
Deceives
believing heart sad song, (3)
Convinced,
he continues advising,
Generation
paradigm change ring,
Children
owed to the glittering realm,
Million
a few earn overnight calm, (4)
Say a
few words, smile, act mint gold,
Glorious
life serves country mold,
Pointed,
he cautioned his children,
Thirst
for money lust is sin drain, (5)
Pollute
character, purity, exists, say,
Money
sweeter than honey a play,
Mad
world, mad wild heart, baits,
Lottery,
chit fund, bets, portraits, (6)
Hanker
children's heart wealth wit,
Glittering
shows four walls defeat,
Riches
to rag reverses destroyers,
Think
children recognize spoilers, (7)
They
drink wine, smuggle, bets, soul,
Human
life is not for gold, different a goal,
Serve
others selfless extract smile,
Wipe
tears and clean dirt help a senile, (viii)
Lives
the Lord in them live to serve,
Glorious
life, belong to you, deserve,
That
was the advice of that father, sad,
Children
grow up soon change bad, (9)
Forgot
their parents, childhood alive,
Forgotten
glitter to glory, disbelieve,
Left
home minted gold affluent all,
Parents
in the village, father cry recall, (10)
Noble
was a teacher, built lives,
Brilliant
school students it revives,
His
words golden valuable to gold,
Hundreds
of his disciples it mold, (11)
Children
rejected him prosperous,
His
life kept him aloof, miraculous,
Passed
his life and wife, simplicity,
Villagers
respect them, say, ability, (12)
Worship
both as Guru and Mother,
Touch
their feet and treat them as saviors,
Children
of the village studied higher,
Knowledgeable
got famous quicker, (13)
Their
respect and gratitude are visible, sad,
Lost
the parent children less mad,
Treated
school kids like their children,
Both
had pilgrimage last note golden, (14)
Addressed
to their children chose recluse,
Letter
to each of them glory amuse,
Children
failed to find them socked,
Generation
fails gold words mocked. (15)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: The Last Note
Themes:
Advice of father to children ignored
Written:
12 November 2023, Cuttack
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