BELIEVED

 

BELIEVED

 

 

In front, across the street, a house,

Double-storied but empty, totally,

Lives the lady decent and mannered,

Advanced in age but alone living,

Her husband expired a few years ago,

In front of our bedroom window,

On the balcony, Madam used to sit,

Morning rays fall on the verandah,

She used to read a newspaper on a chair,

A lady servant, a driver maintains,

Rarely goes out to work in the city,

Cordial relationship Knew her well,

Her only child is at a foreign shore,

Completed study, married and works,

Settled happily corresponds often,

Feeling sad and concerned for her,

She is not pulling well and feels helpless,

Intermittently I enquired about her health,

She was bedridden for the last few days,

Attending her with medicines, food,

She told intimated her son to come,

Intimated her son on his arrival,

In the morning, she is on her balcony,

Watching desperately, son's arrival,

Knew she was sick and concerned,

Her white saree was cleanly covered,

Sitting on a chair on the edge, attentive,

The clock rolled quickly to afternoon,

She was sitting there, quietly calm,

Looking at every bus, car, pedestrian,

Her gaze was telling a million words,

The evening is only past, feared and looked at,

She was still sitting there composed,

Disturbed, she was sick open air facing,

I realized she was serious, if not rested,

Went to her home and goaded her a lot,

To take rest and sleep her body needs,

Socked by her reply, she told me,

She used to wait for him for hours,

Her child used to visit college return,

Quite late, he arrives home to meet her,

Never could her child know a fact,

For hours used to stand near the door,

Wait till her child returns back,

Remain alert till he goes to his bed,

Morning bus her son picks up,

She used to stand at the door,

Till the bus vanished from view,

She never fails to get aware of his time,

Leaves automatic, everything to stand,

Till he is in sight, takes a long breath,

Eager for his arrival, she wanted,

His first sight of coming home today,

Surprised by now, she silenced me,

Continue to sit on the balcony too late,

She slept on her chair, felt tears,

Went back to my house, greatly worried,

Her son arrived in the morning and saw,

Dashed to her home and found her unconscious,

We admitted her to a hospital quickly,

I told her son everything in detail,

He was shocked, speechless, then crying,

Believed her mother, never lose her,

A few days after Madam returned home,

Packing her baggage with her son to travel,

I congratulated her travel with her son,

She replied she believed he would return.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Believed

Themes: A mother waits, tests patience

Written: 29th June 2023, Cuttack

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BESTOWED

 

BESTOWED

 

Beautiful my house roof concert,

Brick walls, plastic paint coated,

Bedroom floor carpeted soft win,

Cushions on the mahogany bed,

Pillows foamed luxuriant living,

Disturbed past midnight, wake up,

Fully awake at a loss, felt clueless,

Vanished sleep, curious, surprised,

On the balcony discovered heavy rain,

Lightning and thunder hail storms,

My shivered spine got wet instantly,

Back to my bedroom, consequently,

Rest on my bed, listening to noises,

Heavy shower shuddered heart,

Strike thought devastatingly now,

In front of the house, a thatched hut,

Knew well paddy straws destroyed,

A family man, wife, three children,

Water must be poured into the room,

Soaked to the bone, get tortured,

The thought was sickening discovered,

Felt fortunate my bedroom was safe,

Water cannot penetrate wind,

The warmth, blanket, air-conditioned,

How lucky my life than people saw,

Homes like that of in front of countless,

This storm today night lives sad,

Thinking unlucky lacking my house,

That night cursed thoughts pricked me,

Found life childless wife with her dad,

Attending her sick father aged too,

Children in distant lands working,

Loneliness was killing felt remorse,

Even if rain troubling neighbors differ,

Family life warmth binds all close,

Dawn breaks and hoped sunshine,

Empty my home ghostly silent hunting,

Hunted not by fear but melancholy,

No children noise disturbances plenty,

The house would have to smile, electric,

God has graced whom I or neighbor,

Tears I felt welling up their life I prefer,

Let Lord give me poverty but family,

Enough children to crowd my bosom,

Willfully we would dance in the rain,

Sound with white noise raindrops,

Jubilant sighting of toads jumping,

Their horse noise is loud and scintillating,

Wiped tears, rolling, yes, Lord plays,

Give luxury, comfort, and wealth, yet deprived,

 My wife is calling in the morning angry,

Demanded to be with her to assist,

Reluctantly I intimated the job, permit a little,

Working, no permission to leave office,

Cursed her life, helpless husband unfit,

Expressed her sad life father is sick,

Alone with her dad, tired, restless her life,

Smile a bit never replied to her strife,

Though she curses her fate, accusing,

Looked through the windows locality,

Innumerous houses families are living in,

Living alone widows husband no more,

Cursing Lord stealing her love cruelly,

Her heart urging for her husband crippled,

Even blind or deaf, crippled acceptable,

Twosome lives leading bestowed mumble,

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Bestowed

Themes: Perplexed life at gifts of the Lord

Written: 28th June 2023, Cuttack

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PITTANCE

 

PITTANCE

 

 

Beat your chest, boast proudly,

Towering reputation richness,

Life bestowed wealth supremacy,

Respect people in words cowed,

Fearful of brute power submit,

Accept order, dare not to challenge,

Monopoly society witnesses clueless,

Rare to complain force succumbs,

Concrete towers countless vehicles,

Business astronomical spiral rise,

Thousand strong workers throng,

Hard work compensated meagerly,

Booted against demand law mute,

The economy highlights these faces,

Shining boot, polished behavior,

The suite tie clip diamond jaded,

Fragrant presence words are polite,

Calmly proclaim stern eyes a fact,

The rule economy of a country,

Exploit a million lives fully secured,

Exploit landmass ores rich and rare,

Exploit green forest water bodies,

Exploit leaders run elections by proxy,

Money plays, voters hunger and lust,

Look at these glass towers glazing,

Look at the asphalt roads vehicles,

Look at officials covering the globe,

Look at the milling crowd of office-goers,

Becoming rich just one family best,

Vast subjects deliver goods on time,

Look at rustic life in slum suburban cities,

Look at children under-nourished,

Sunken eyes still shinning unaware,

Smiling at diseases, malnutrition,

Poor parents lack money, sad children,

Deprived of schools, playful, pity,

Dirty torn dress crumple burly hair,

Little they demand far from the study,

Lord's flowers, once born, will wither,

Lord has deserted the place forgotten,

Lord, awestruck at merry-making too,

Another side of the streets stays the city,

Paranoid civilized society thinks affluent,

Every modern gadget asset, furniture,

Plenty of bank balance high-rise flats,

Children at school, educated at skill,

Fit to be into the labor force like parents,

work day and night yearlong diligent,

Most unlucky people barely realize,

Lost private life, love, and care a lot,

Lost children their fun altogether,

Lost family life, home celebrations,

Lost picnic, travel to sites, pilgrims,

Lost the time for vacation, recluse,

Lost wonderful nature, its splendor,

Work with currency under feet well,

Stolen their life unaware tear swell,

Children with little link to their parents fled,

Spread their wings far off nesting too,

Crashing family bond relationships,

Money, money, and money courtship,

God left from the heart of these men,

I stood at the crossroad perplexed,

Two worlds starkly different, Godless,

Civilization needs realization critical,

Pittance Lord's mercy for deprived,

A pittance for the paranoid urban creature,

Pittance Lord's grace for budding flowers,

One is a fallen flower other turns robot,

Sat on a roadside bench at remorse,

When human seeks nature, simple life,

Truly education across all ages, gender,

Pittance not in dictionary bliss exist,

Bountiful, beautiful, nature and Earth,

Life is happy, joyous, wise, and bestowed.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Pittance

Themes: Pittance zeroed life midst of nature

Written: 27th June 2023, Cuttack

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WARMTH

 

WARMTH

 

Look at the river of life circumvent,

Virtue flowing downward shifted,

Avoids path in front of an obstacle,

Changing directions, blocking,

Cracked rocks changed to sand,

Life passed unable to understand,

Stood at the confluence, scrutinizing,

Rivers meet and unite the lives of millions,

Socked rivers chose sides separate,

Noticed muddy water never mingles,

Bluewater clean displays serenity,

Miles life of people, keep separated,

The heart loves rose plenty intoxicated,

Avoid cactus blooms spreads to color,

Beauty river of life defines different,

Shining skin black skin attractive,

Lifestream moves towards fair skin,

Customs practices society exhibits,

Divided river of life into arteries a lot,

Prefer to be separate streams move,

Sock human mind thoughts groove,

Checked milling crowd flowing nicely,

Upper-class middle and lower slightly,

Invisible are separations unorthodox,

Repulsive to sections guided coldness,

The country feels a mighty river of life flows,

Caste, creed, religion, status rainbows,

Gender bios fair sex depressingly timid,

The invisible barricade controls cruelly,

Life is free of air or water phenomenally,

Homogenous the feature warmth tally,

Air current gets stronger wind blows,

Streams united turns into a mighty river,

The cohesion bonhomie fraternity link,

Warmth is paradoxical ship never sinks,

The steam shining proof of unity screams,

Moves a ship an ocean-to-ocean dream,

Hypnotize sharing attitude sympathy,

Swirling waters emblem life churning,

Whirlpool symbolizes revolution significantly,

The warmth between hearts is less but minds,

Unite thought to practice beautifully,

Merge custom practices stream to river,

Stand on the side of the grand road,

Million people mixed warmth visible,

Cheering wildly, celebrate their nation,

United to survive secured realized,

As a consequence of rive changing path,

Avoiding the nature of motion faces rock,

Blocked peace and progress totally,

Education warns life warmth automatically,

Tearfully witness people of all ages,

No restriction for gender work united,

No wall was erected for sections of society,

Free will, freedom of voice, right equal,

The mighty river of life moving fast,

Warmth increasing cohesiveness root,

Singing and dancing united spirits fuelled,

Million strong across the country swelled,

Charged atmosphere electric distinct clarity,

Melted dimensions of factions, divisions,

Displays the warmth of humanity moving,

Unique occasion message to the future. 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Warmth

Themes: Minds meet, warms up unity

Written: 26th June 2023, Cuttack

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