EXPECTATION

 

EXPECTATION

 

 

Confess entwined aspirations,

Hidden in the chamber of heart,

Locked mind, stubborn patient,

Wait desperately every morn duet,

The passion is endless, found shore,

Desperately anxious children fly,

Not one, one by one, spread wings,

Roar in the sky joyous cross seas,

Far continent, dreams of father's heart,

Wonderful people, wealth decent,

Friendly accept the children timely,

Their education skill marvel others,

Married overseas lives satisfaction,

Disobeys tears, happy kids growing,

Materialize opportunity moments,

To watch birds flying from the nest,

Ah, smiling faces, bright eyes gleam,

The life of the father experience unreal seem,

They grow study well disciplined,

Obey parents strictly dream similarly,

Conviction influenced hard work,

Confidence outpour from performance,

Sitting in my car waiting for the children, home,

School time is over bell is ringing,

As if a flood homing school gate,

Laughed silently how much proud,

Three sons and a daughter studying well,

Passions of the human heart found shore,

The rest of the dreams faded automatically,

Surprised no hunger for wealth status,

Not a thirsty heart anymore crying,

Lord has fulfilled beyond what begged,

Oh, the shout, greetings, smiling,

Children inside my car demanding,

Take us home soon as we are hungry,

Why should I be disturbed or angry,

There their mom must be waiting,

Her long look at the far side street for the car,

Sighted electric impulse into the kitchen,

We notice their fight competition,

Enjoyed children finished lunch,

Maybe wish to take rest, or to sleep,

Disturbed someone calling at the window,

A female with two babies is looking,

Begging some food, hungry desperately,

I looked at two kids, skinny and speechless,

Socked to their life without food,

No dress and shelter mother begging,

Lord gives to people starkly strike me,

Sat for a second and looked at my children,

Fortunate? is an obscene word I felt,

Inhuman attitude humiliated me,

Brought kids and mother inside,

Served we couple wholeheartedly,

Admitted them to a shelter home,

Paid for them formality required,

Decided to utilize savings arranged,

The two kids can be admitted into the,

The kindergarten accepted the charge,

My expectation included now these kids.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Expectation

Themes: Expectation humanity converges

Written: 7th July 2023, Cuttack

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SAD FAREWELL

 

SAD FAREWELL

 

A loner, long years withered quietly,

Accommodated loneliness silently,

Knew it was my decision and firm,

Let not me have children, a family,

Preferred to be single passed years,

Occasionally hunted a past, tears,

Why do people marry? why not for life,

Life is meant to tolerate, cooperate,

Digesting rebuttal angry outburst,

Passing quiet night sobbing, moved,

Found with mother intense caring,

The heart was loving divine shine,

Infinite capacity to tolerate blame,

Humiliations from a family, poor,

Caustic on her upbringing rustic,

Disliked my mother, her silent nature,

Wished her husband with long life,

The only son of my mother and father rude,

Got a meritorious scholarship for study,

Lightning stroke on our life suddenly,

Mother passed out in her bed sadly,

I felt alone from that day Dad remarried,

My relationship with my father was cut off,

I studied on loan higher education,

Established in time, hate family life,

Feared my vein blood flow linked,

Linked to my father, tortured mother,

My childhood only witness faced agony,

Reminiscences tortured me and reminded me,

Missing my mother passing years,

Age at half-century birthday arrived,

Offered a tiny dog with fascinating colors,

Puffy whitish patch, bright dark eyes,

I favored and accepted the gift,

Found a new friend in life, engaged,

Her care food walking in the morning,

She grew fast, and a year is over now,

She has become part of my life,

Office work hard labor tired at home,

Relaxed by her friendly shout jumps,

Hugged and licking fondly obeyed,

Sit on my lap silently during the evening,

She walks with me in a nearby park,

Goes with me to malls for marketing,

She traveled to many places during the tour,

No problem, less I faced difficulty,

Understanding attached a bond unique,

Surprised my life is never alone,

I have dinner, she touches her food,

Wait till I sit on the table and dine at night,

I sleep, she sleeps near me comfortably,

She is my alarm clock in the morning,

Bark softly awake me up duly happy,

Use to walks in the morning, she relieves,

Her bath heal care life entangled,

It was my retirement day, and she died,

Her sickness unknown quick demise,

I buried her in the backyard open ground,

A cement pedestal I built for memory,

Her death, the day was unforgettable,

Covered the place with flowers and sat quietly,

A sad farewell to my only friend, kin.  

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Sad Farewell

Themes: Demise of a pet dog

Written: 6th July 2023, Cuttack

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CRIPPLED

 

CRIPPLED

 

Exuberance once inflamed the mind,

Devout heart faithful to effort instill,

Born with nothing to boast, proclaim,

Deprivation is invisible, chained tightly,

Hunger, the pang of indescribable hurt,

Roamed through streets with alacrity,

Help O neighborhood help to survive,

Get a morsel of food, can take a breath,

Help me to study at a university, established,

Forget an anonymous birth, sad teenage,

Look, O human, the seed grows a growth,

Few years after hundred feet high luxuriant,

Pregnant with such dreams expectant,

To toil hard on rocky and barren land,

Convinced to harvest and cultivate struggle,

Reject impossibility devoted, really,

A miraculous story of a life through help,

Achieved success, name, and fame,

Rewarded people funded benevolently,

Cured devastated heart to stability,

Stood firmly with men and women in life,

Provided me, a shelter, food, cloth, money,

Selfless their assistance remembered,

At odd hours provided a helping hand,

Saw their children get married and settled,

Used my power position in return,

Felt capable able to pay back,

Debts of their sacrifice for me indebted,

Tearfully provided assets, goods, gadgets,

Savor their grateful eyes happily,

Story not here ended life changed,

Irk of fate turned luck and success,

Left my better half suddenly with kids,

She provided no reason out of the blue,

Missed my home and found a ghost house,

Hunted countless luxuries asset,

What for, for whom, inkling heart,

Not able to weep tears failed miserably,

Silence gripped long lonely hours,

Fear outside world, noise, busiest,

Preferred loneliness dark chamber,

Fail to analyze past, present, and future,

Why did it happen she blocked me,

Thousand earnest pleadings fell flat,

Children choose mother separated,

Angry to think of a past downtrodden,

An illegitimate child orphan once confided,

A Boomerang strike hit me grounded,

She accused me of hiding facts cheating,

Ask my conscience the womb invited,

Never knew a mother would reject a newborn,

Someone kind-hearted took to lap,

Grew up in a poor cottage, but divine heart,

Accepted as my parents, adorned, worshiped,

My family rejected my parents as outsiders,

Decided never to squander my property,

To live to find reclusion and accept lonely life,

A birth not cursed life was precious,

So many people showed kindness,

Never to defeat my fate that posed,

Twilight years longing for happiness, peace,

The setting sun sinking beyond,

Spreading long shadows loves twinkle,

Loved adopted parents loved hearts,

Funded me wholeheartedly, I studied well,

Thanked Lord, successful, rich, and famous,

Touched my skin, on scrutiny, wrinkled,

Rejected an orphan illegitimate crippled!

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Crippled

Themes: People respected family rejected

Written: 4th July 2023, Cuttack

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TENDERNESS

 

TENDERNESS

 

Watch speechless daughter hurt,

Denied jewelry, left her dishes,

She is without food the entire day,

Went to her bedroom to sleep,

Her mother informed reasons,

Shortage of money cost of gold,

Her mom conveyed to save costs duly,

Assured to purchase the ornament,

Adamant and inconsolable, she wept,

Expressed her request is belittled,

Claimed to be an unfortunate girl here,

Lack sympathy and love feel pittance,

Noticed her symptoms, inconsiderate,

Lacking understanding, irritated,

Her desire, passion, motivated madly,

Forgot middle-class father and job,

Meager income loan for a house,

Loan for vehicle paying installments,

Her mom, a housewife, tolerates,

Fewer complaints about her clothes, cosmetics,

Those ornaments her father gifted her,

At the time of marriage, old jewelry,

Decades of marriage didn't purchase,

A few shoes clothe her with little savings,

Works day and night cooks no servant,

She sweeps her home cleans plates,

Clean clothes of son and daughter,

Clean clothes of the house, including ours,

Iron the dress of children silently,

Her mini temple at home worships,

Pray for the children and her husband a lot,

No askance to the Lord or grace her,

Thoughtful, moving emotions touched,

Consoled the daughter, told her everything,

She understood and had dinner reluctantly,

Still, she was dreaming and passionate,

Days passed into weeks, and surprised,

She suppressed her anger, silent,

Her friend visiting us changed the episode,

She narrated her parents are no more,

She a little brother got orphaned,

It was a car accident that shattered lives,

Her uncle has given shelter, assistance,

For college education just managed,

She wanted higher study lack of funds,

Searching for a petty job to sustain,

My wife listened to her story intently,

Confided to her to provide the fund required,

The girl was surprised and started crying,

Hugged her tightly, disbelieved,

This statement surprised me too,

She told the girl I shall spend my savings,

Her daughter was at a loss frowning soon,

You have money for her, not for me,

How could you deny the jewelry,

Giving consent to provide funds to her friend,

Stern was a reply from my wife calmly,

She is without parents worth helping,

Being my daughter, you never feel lucky,

Let her feel the help of a mother, fortunate,

Be happy with your destiny, buy yourself,

I felt tears inkling fought hard to check,

A vain smile but failed to hide solace,

My daughter was changed from that day,

Asked her mother what to expect from her,

Curt and crisp reply softly she exchanged,

Tenderness, a dear child, feel my presence,

Thank the Lord you are not orphan lucky,

Less you require shelter from your uncle,

Tenderness, mom explained, my kid realized.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Tenderness

Themes: A child missed realizing soft feelings

Written: 4th July 2023, Cuttack

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