UNKNOWN
Grew
up, the city beautiful excite,
Finished
school, job here till night,
Sweet
home family alluring exists,
Temptations
virulent heart resists, (1)
A
street, every house known to me,
Many of
them grew up study time,
Friendship
adhesive, bond stronger,
School
college market, known sheer, (2)
A world
within the world life happy,
City
glaring lights crowd joy creepy,
Heard
people earn big money, are wiser,
Affluence
opulent lifestyle superior, (3)
Luxury
comfort dimension change,
Working
there makes money life craze,
Fought
with attached mind decide,
Surrendered
at last lustily preside, (4)
Left
family here, join a job, lucrative,
Rising
income aspiration objective,
Unfortunately,
migration is disastrous,
Not the
owner or neighbor curious, (5)
Unknown
in the restaurant market,
Crowd
mingling daily push basket,
The
anger rebuttal run away soon,
Strangers
everywhere earned boon, (6)
No
work, no food, sickness, life seen,
Money
is needed to help life win,
Megapolis
mega expenditure must,
Gradual
life felt weaker need to adjust, (7)
Stood
at the railways, looked at people,
None
look at him running in a hustle,
Same at
a mall, on a bus or park, alone,
A few
years realized unknown blown, (viii)
Why?
Why, he questioned himself?
Stay as
a migrant unknown curse,
He
returned that day sick and wise,
Gathered
friends and family now prize, (9)
Help
him recover, wishing profusely,
Tearful
realized a man assiduously,
Look at
the pyre, people stood,
The air
was heavy memories brood, (10)
Tears,
silent prayers, spirit departs,
Unknown
land lone pyre impacts,
Far
better his soil people he knew,
Changed
his life migrant review. (11)
Pen:
Bijayananda Mishra
Title
of Poem: Unknown
Themes:
Fortunate to be amongst your own
Written:
2nd March 2024 Cuttack
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