DARK TUNNEL

 

DARK TUNNEL

 

 

I watch you from the closest angle,

We were friends for a long time,

Our intimacy was deep lovely,

Understood mutual likings, dislikes,

Opened up before me, she disclosed,

Lingering acute desires unfolded,

Female shyness you shed trustingly,

Confide hoped tortured heart lighted,

Empties up bottled sorrows feminine,

Feared society, mates, family a much,

Wanted your heart to be a butterfly,

Taste freedom, savor the world so beautiful,

The soul rebellious to be conservative,

Cried your heart aloud to sing ecstatic,

Never your heart wanted the sweetheart,

Accept in due course, not family life,

Seldom she wanted to have children,

Willing not to take responsibility,

To be a mother,  employed, burdened,

Looked at your face, lost somewhere,

Unreal future scenes, you were lost,

Silent for a few minutes, murmuring,

I pricked you, called softly, hello,

I could see a trickle of tears in her eyes,

Why dear friend, you felt sobbing,

Mysterious, we are only two friends,

Never mean to exploit your heart,

To remain as friends, a railway track,

Our lives will run parallel, never to meet,

Be one a spirit the way you aspire,

Plunder your life as belongs to you,

I want to be single lifelong living,

My profession, nature, philanthropy,

I want to take up a job for stability,

My aspirations for trotting the globe,

Meet people record their customs,

Watch earth is panoramic unbelievable,

Freeze those visuals in glorious scenes,

I love my life as wondering free bird,

Family dreams for my marriage,

Feeling discomfort with my attitude,

Pressing me for the confined life,

Understand family customs, rituals,

Practice cooking, delicious dishes,

Know a book of rules, housewife reads,

Mom threatens very often scornful,

Comments, never bring shame to me,

Don't disrespect your papa, elders,

Obey their wishes docile silently,

Concerned now, I pressed her hand,

She rested her head on my shoulder,

Continued I am educated, confident,

I can lead my life and an independent,

I listened to her story, ambition,

Conveyed her firmly, follow your inclination,

The dark tunnel will family, parents,

Verily long for the lifespan to end,

You shall come out of the tunnel,

A lantern is the light of knowledge,

I shall be there to greet you eagerly,

Spread your wings alighted afire.

 

Title of Poem: Dark Tunnel

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Theme: Life encounters a tunnel

Date: 11th November 2022, Cuttack

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LIFE

 

LIFE

 

The marvelous creation of the unseen God,

I exist on the earth plane in myriad forms,

Exhibits functions fabulous wish of the Lord,

From savagery to salvation, a song is endless,

I dance in ecstasy, sing soulfully pervade,

Endure suffering, and sickness faces death,

Sprout elsewhere shape name differ a play,

Ever seek the lamp as oil to burn happily,

Spread light, merge with flame, move,

My destination is to be transformed into light,

I burn till extinguished.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Life

Date: 10th November 2022, Cuttack

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TONGUE

 

TONGUE

 Amaze swaging tongue of a human,

Traps easily by sweetest words in cheeks,

Deceives every soul, tongue modulates,

Voice much-believing pour gifts ceaselessly,

A human can stomach to a limit more fatal,

Hungry is tongue is an insatiable appetite,

House, properties, gold, diamond to lick,

Angelic voice tongues wear till a point,

Desires if unfulfilled  lust coins words,

Sharper than a sword can kill instantly,

Wound by a sword healed by word stays,

The deep-cut tongue slashes a heart,

The scar stays still last breath hurts.

Divides sweet home gets fractured,

Ignites people to quarrel, induces a fight,

Portray saintly avatar sugar-coated unite,

Decides tongue to transfix silence pervades,

Lust lives in tongue dishes indefinitely,

Alas, find con lo tongue-in-cheek shows.

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Tongue

Date: 9th November 2022, Cuttack

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SHADOW

 

SHADOW

 

Telling the truth of life honestly,

When life gets extinguished,

The shadow that follows always,

Loses its existence in the world,

Surprising it is called a ghost,

The signature for existence is sacred,

I find the shadows of a big tree,

Sit often under the tree in the shade,

Not only cool in hot summer,

The peace and subtle happiness flow,

Fiery hot winds get discipline,

The breeze induces sleep restfulness,

Forget myself, watched the open field,

Find cattle taking rest at midday,

In life, surprisingly found the shadow,

Not physically, but on my mental plane,

Here is a woman, my life partner,

Why she named the better half,

Felt her existence me her shadows,

Looked at her love promised me,

To walk hand in hand life long,

It happened to my parents,

Generations scripted eloquently,

The service is  priceless and invaluable,

The cement that holds family stronger,

Procreation God defined duty,

The mother is brick for the motherland,

The first teacher for every citizen,

Undeniable instill human character,

A pure, virtuous, loving heart acquires,

Human knows to tolerate or struggle,

Watch her from close her watchful eyes,

Watching always alert for her children,

Countless services for children,

Human society fails to pay back,

She feeds the nation with a leader,

In every sector of work, a mother inspires,

I find her presence in my life,

Felt like her shadow basking in love,

Never seen love any substance,

Only experienced love reason for life,

Life survives, grows, and prospers,

The shadows on someone's head,

Never felt its existence enriching,

Amazed, the established famous spirit,

The spine of the stout man is his wife,

Inconspicuous behind the  limelight,

Her support, same as the shade of trees,

Any leader can well recline breaths,

The place is her bosom stubborn,

Happily drinks her husband's worries,

Share has a meaning I found,

Behind her, my wife steals pain,

I saw her pale face fight to hide,

If there is any worry, her husband,

Minute observation, rest, medicines,

Ever tries to intrude into mind-space,

Comforts  her husband, forces him to sleep,

The first person to take pride in victory,

An accident that became a disaster,

I survived near death fought only,

In a state of delirium, unaware of the state,

My life was on the knife edge of life and death,

Not for a day or weeks, but a whole year,

A damaged brain and age troublesome,

Six years passed, and I recovered knew,

All the time I was under her shadow,

She brought back my life, defeated fate,

Ink fails to elaborate on her service, care,

Entangled my diminishing hope,

Her shadow was the rope,

Snatched me out of teeth of death.

 

Title of Poem:  Shadow

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Theme: Wife's presence in life

Date: 7th November 2022, Cuttack

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ENTANGLED

 

ENTANGLED

 

 

Believed in me principle followed,

Life provided opportunities enough,

Friend's envy witnessed my success,

Knew hard labor pays ultimately,

Poor background, merit helped a lot,

Got immense help from society,

Provided me necessary funds to study,

Never asked anything in return,

These Godly faces disappeared slowly,

Gradual my aspiring heart asked more,

Surprised God willing obtained timely,

The education gave titles suffixes,

Career noteworthy skewed sharply,

Looking back on my upbringing in a slum,

Poor parents laborers very rare,

Wish their child to get educated,

Provided due care and love shelter,

Never felt hunger and trouble,

Success in school and scholarship,

Brought immense relief to parents,

I found a philanthropic source on merit,

By whom I could see life established,

The long story each day I bemused,

But fortunate, fate decided,

High profile careerist contemplates,

In silence, watched costly gadgets,

Never believed I could possess,

Today I have bungalow shiny costly,

Disbelief friends, visible aloofness,

Doubt in their mind If be recognized,

I love my root, old friends are gold,

Simple heart, innocently willing to help,

Telling my story, I find help friend,

The greatest solace, peace of my mind,

Faithful to the people I grew up with,

There was the girlfriend from my school,

I helped her with higher studies,

Unmarried research-scholar felt obliged,

We keep our friendship intact,

I find in life my life partner rich,

From a wealthy family established,

She was beautiful, educated too,

Loved my merit, less background,

We get married, family life is sweet,

Here we find our lacking childless,

My wife was desperate for a child,

For years medical science tried,

She conceived a child, fruitful,

On the day of delivery, the sad news,

The child and mother could not survive,

Long was operation only the failure,

I disbelieved this incident for a few days,

A gradual change I could not detect,

Border of madness felt life is ending,

Gave everything I had to relatives,

Left my home the time was so depressing,

I roamed the streets alone, cried out for her,

Hoped against hope, she will return,

Searched the dead-of-night corner of streets,

Madly sleeping in the street.

One day my girlfriend collected me,

Sheltered me with food, clothes,

Entangled to her sympathy passing time,

Years passed looked at the  calendar,

Entangle sad life miraculously survived.

 

Title of Poem:  Entangled

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Theme: Friend a rope life is entangled

Date: 6th November 2022, Cuttack

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DESTINATION

 

DESTINATION

 

The hypnotizing moment I experience,

Walks alone on the golden beach,

How similar is the time this evening,

Evening in a lifetime has arrived for me,

Watch the orange hues infect me,

Find glowing my soul in my heart,

Watch the setting sun obeys Lord,

Soul, mine, luminous within too,

Forgot the glorious sun, find now,

Sought my heart silvery the moon,

Preferred the star cat night alone,

The beach vanishes under darkness,

Listens to incessant roars of waves,

Breaking at the soar, whitish foams,

Glowing in the dark surprised,

Waves of thoughts crash  through me,

Electrifies my heart the beach,

Compare my heart as if this ocean,

Fathomless is depth, I carried unaware,

Treasure such as love and compassion,

An expanse of ocean in color  now,

Twilight years, if seeking this color,

Happiness visible on the lonely beach,

Ocean-of-life I stand observing in joy,

Wearisome tried wings homebound,

I looked at birds' silhouettes to nests,

Leaving the beautiful blue sky graying,

Spread orange color the setting sun,

Go back birds to your nests at dusk,

I leave the world in darkness covered,

Take rest, if sleep visits, pray,

Tomorrow's dawn in the sky is a grace,

A few of your mates may be missing,

Released from the dungeon freed,

The birth of dawn is a guarantee, sure,

Rise your soul elsewhere, of course,

The world will give you a home,

You shall find your tribe family too,

I will recognize your arrival well,

My warmth will help you to grow,

 I was listening to a stream of thought,

Thinking the sun wishes for flying birds,

Looked at me, closed my eyes,

Sat on the beach listening to the wind,

Blowing unseen the beginning or end,

Touched my limbs the sensation felt,

As if whispering, O' soul come out,

The freedom you seek, mingle with me,

Flow for eternity deathless feature,

I touch every soul as with you,

Wait till the night watch experience,

The ocean and the sky exist,

Invisible to eye stay for infinity,

Visible you thousands of stars,

The moon will rise in all splendor,

Elude your heart lust encounters,

Forget the twilight impassioned,

The realization of homing birds negates,

The silvery waters, lighted beach,

Entice your limbs to seek pleasure,

Felt really so true now I cried,

Want to live longer, a life enjoys,

To live, to plunder pleasure,

Matching with  bottomless depth,

Astonished to view my heart in action,

Calmed the song of silence in the dark,

Induced me, a being, for the destination.

 

Title of Poem: Destination

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Theme: The song of Life

Date: 5th November 2022, Cuttack,

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DISPASSIONATE

 

DISPASSIONATE

Confess my worries once captured,

Marriage never means a bed of roses,

Sought the married life pink a future,

Watch my better half at my side always,

Get her support at troubled times,

How much I loved loneliness perished,

Her presence in my life I sought, deeply,

Experienced in my heart after marriage,

Intimacy was first observed as sweet, unique,

A different dimension of  conjugal love,

Soft as feather touch healing effects,

Erased one faced failure that hankered,

Got meritorious student career studies,

How much I wished good job worthy,

To wash parents' burdens, education costs,

They were happy with my studies, praised me,

Behind their help left a big loan,

Watch mother's hardship sacrifices,

Innumerable circumstances but sold her gold,

She was dreaming of her son getting established,

Famous and respected in society to happen,

People will discuss the names of the parents,

Dream, infinite dreams, her eyes I saw,

Ma, your hardship will be paid,

Promise to you I shall erase your sorrows,

Knowing my father's immense hardships,

Middle-income salary study is costly,

Making additional money working overtime,

Watched his tiredness, his look sleepy,

Silently observed my parents' love,

Their only dream child grows soon,

Gets happiness with long life,

There will be no wanting in a child's life,

Get settled with a wife after marriage,

These are God for me were dreaming,

Wishing never speak on the grandchild,

Everything I knew in my heart, aware,

I felt my marriage was their happiness,

Mother's silent prayer for me, my home,

She visited many times watchful minutely,

Advises my wife elaborately to proceed,

She talked and talked to her warned too,

Only desire my home get settled,

Can withstand the vagaries of life in general,

Her lifelong passion for her son to face,

Survive troubles in family life,

Problems come, disappear afterward,

Finding solution maturity is essential,

Phenomenal is her endeavor the goal,

Her child remains happy ever after,

Knows twilight years to arrive,

Ma never thought about this issue,

An avatar of  tolerance and suffering,

Today father got retired and told my wife,

She embraced me, got surprised,

Fortunate to get you as my husband,

You think so detail about your mother,

Understand my child will be grown up,

The track of your mother, I foresee,

Bring your parents to our home soon,

Let them get a relaxed and peaceful life,

Pay back your duty dues you can't pay,

My darling, her dispassionate words,

I discovered she is a mother too!

 

Title of Poem: Dispassionate

Pem: Bijayananda Mishra

Themes: Dispassionate words of the wife

Date: 4th November 2022, Cuttack

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