HALLUCINATE

 

HALLUCINATE

 

Write off innumerable hurdles faced,

Forgotten blunders insanity commits,

Alibis plenty for mistakes noble mind,

Disregards pleading soul self supreme,

Portrayed saintly face hidden jealousy,

Detached painted the face rob jewelry,

Unattached passionate mind lovelorn,

Saving the sick, serving the hungry, needy,

Gimmickry can fox people successful,

Proclaim staunch believer of Lord too,

Loot behind God, peace life shattered,

Conviction of hallucinated spirit vivid,

Build an empire of injustice clean show,

Fooled a population clapping praises, (1)

 

Most popular, an eminent personality,

People believe him totally addressed,

Accept advice followed honesty abbey,

Rose, like a phoenix out of scenarios,

Dominate as a destiny of time clapped,

Thousands of such men turned leaders,

treat world is under their feet, readers,

Instantly mind hallucinate crumpled,

A dirty, torn waste paper blown by the wind,

Alacrity gripped the country, baffling,

How come the powerful arms were broken, (2)

 

Sighted a beggar rose rapidly wealthy,

Amass properties money spellbound,

Disbelieve money can multiply soon,

The tallest tower fleet of cars is a boon,

Secret, top secret, hands manipulated,

Nobody can guess checks fail to escape, (3)

 

Secretively saw landlord, concubines,

Amorous life is luxurious, haughty rude,

Built an empire of guards, protected tightly,

God's access to the fort is impossible,

Such hallucination enslaves a creature,

Life encounters lives blinded suture,(4) 

 

Lured once hearts of a million total,

The news was her eyebrows, lips, navel,

From an unknown city to the limelight soon,

Minted gold diamond studded shoes,

Awestruck, the public paid ransom meekly,

One sight, just one sight of her glance,

Melted thousand young heart wild feet,

Running to and fro, crippled conscience,

Hallucination captured another victim,

Hay her hair whitening she is coloring,

The wrinkled face and her skin lost glow too,

Hours of makeup plaster painted wait,

She meant money in seconds enormous,

That amount bundle of money ignored,

Not enough earn more tirelessly edict,

A lifetime scientist, doctor, engineer, earning,

Less than the rate of the female in an hour. (5) 

 

Fumbled by now to coin words flow,

Shivering nerves shakes finger to pen,

Awestruck world blindly hallucinate,

A rose, a wineglass, ill communicate. (6)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Hallucinate

Themes: Awestruck world blindly hallucinate

Written: 15th July 2023, Cuttack

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UMBILICAL CORD

 

UMBILICAL CORD

 

Knew later time rested in the womb,

Survival, the critical issue, is forgotten,

Mesmerized by the split-second dazzle,

Blinded, incoherent cries shrilling,

Nine months imprison dark life aware,

Floating felt in a sea of infinite love,

The chord sole link survival episode,

Forgotten so soon light mystified,

Strange world bright eyes in view,

Focused looking at intensively,

Unknown place ejected from womb,

Uncomfortable as a newborn sleeping,

Slept for years today confess a fact,

The umbilical cord is still intact,

Subtle surreal feelings linked exist,

The creator shadows everywhere,

Constantly in communication soon,

Instantly thoughts flowed to the Lord,

The silent witness watching impassive,

Flowing inspiration energy overwhelm,

Sit whenever quiet silence surround,

Heard so often whispers and profound,

Guides me to live well, fight troubles,

Lord acts like a coach, gives trouble,

Leave my life little communication,

Throw me to surging waters swirling,

Pull me down to fathomless depth,

The dark bottom floor of sadness,

Block light of energy positivity numb,

Such moments arrived in life socked,

Unnoticed sudden father departed,

Looked at his frame still shattered me,

When consigned the pyre I torched,

He was God, even now, will remain so,

I could see flames engulfing mortal frame,

No tears beyond my belief shaken,

Heart the vibration whispering too,

Behold birth and death natural,

His soul left his mortal remains to exist,

Five elements that constituted a body,

Merging like the river into the sea,

Death blesses life, erases name to a face,

Forgets time, people, and country well,

Look at seasons change, new leaves sprout,

Soul discovers the womb again and again,

The cord connects with me for creation,

Served your father blessed feel son,

Mysterious, astonished, who says to me?

Left cremation ground hastily confused,

A decade after finding my mother suffering,

Paralyzed her thin limbs, inert, sleeping,

Motionless speaks feebly inaudible,

Touched my heart to feet, my Goddess,

What she has not tolerated in her life,

To watch me grow stubborn to live,

Blessed me long life to stand robust,

Her hand fed me, but I quarreled a lot,

My naughtiness mischief she noticed,

Changed my life, her tolerance struggle,

Sold her gold chain I could study,

She dreamed her son to be an engineer,

Age has crippled me, clueless to help,

To assist her when she needs wish healed,

The sob chokes my throat, and she yearns,

To recover and see our happy lives,

Broken-down in silence, sitting alone, angry,

O Lord, why so cruel torture my mother,

Feverently prayed she may recover,

Or your ill wish to take her back,

The umbilical cord reconnected,

Streaming His voice console sooth too,

Discovered then that the umbilical cord exists,

Called Him through the channel,

Sending courage and wisdom to withstand,

Permanent umbilical cord magic wand.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Umbilical Cord

Themes: Subtly exist after birth links creator

Written: 14th July 2023, Cuttack

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FEVERENTLY

 

FERVENTLY

 

 Look at glass towers, skyscrapers,

Kissing sky eyes lost in clouds,

Touching seemingly the rooftops,

Towering the sock sat quietly,

Air-cooled the parlor and conserved myself,

Kept secret that belongs to the world,

Existing my life and world diametric,

Opposite villages surround greens,

Awestruck b now the glittering world,

Asphalt streets moving cars strike,

Looking through glass windows,

Jaws open, staring eyes the noise,

An obscure township has grown,

Phenomenal growth short time,

Countless crowds milling and busy,

Sat for an hour and checked the address,

Found the house meant to visit,

Hired a taxi shown address to him,

Near high rise building with a compound,

Reached the place to meet my friend,

Service holder in the city and settled,

Family with two sons and a daughter,

His wife was educated in service too,

The attires gait demeanor is suave,

Polished the crisp interactions politely,

Could know surprised I sense,

The best friend of my childhood,

Schoolmate completed till graduation,

Together our youth interlinked,

He grew up in a rural landscape with rustic,

Simple and hardworking belief in life,

But it was absent the eyes differ,

Sensed I was meeting strangers,

Time changed, and changed the town,

Changing livelihood lifestyle and many,

That strikes me suddenly get uneasy,

Polite, yet eyes were speaking unwelcome,

Sadness gripped me unexpectedly,

Never could know people are different,

Looked at a child offered tea,

Later clarified her as a domestic servant,

Bright eyes, shiny black hair,

The sweet round face of the girl rural,

Illiterate washing dishes sweeping the floor,

Sleeping on the floor with a pet dog,

I was informed that she was an orphan,

I requested my friend for the girl,

Agreed to adopt and give education,

Dissatisfied and vexed kept hiding his anger,

He informed and bought at a high price,

I could know he bought this child,

I gave the cheque with that money,

Returned home with the child,

Registered as my daughter,

How happy my children befriended,

She attends the school in uniform,

Her smiles, the dimple, shiny hair threaded,

My wife, I caught her tears she was hiding,

She reclined on my shoulder and thanked me,

Loved fervently, a compassionate heart. 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Fervently

Themes: Fervently honor deprived

Written: 13th July 2023, Cuttack

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RING

 

RING

 

Reminisce childhood hypnotizing,

Sat for a few moments in a trance,

Streaming past years of innocence,

Wild dreams unaware believe fiction,

School boundary wall break hideout,

A tall tamarind tree the shed attracts,

Remember gossiping with my girlfriend a lot,

Narrate stories Grandma told elaborately,

She used to listen awestruck fearful,

Believe demons kill traveler loot all,

Keeps a magical ring hidden cautiously,

The Demon will die if his Ring is missing,

Few days after she showed me her Ring,

Golden Ring with colored stone blue,

Taunted me hay steal my Ring I die,

Laughed at her, how foolish she is, try,

I sat near her in the shed, confiding,

It was fiction, but she was not a demon,

She replied to me about the gift from her papa,

He was pleased with her exam result,

I eyed the beautiful Ring and tried,

It fitted my middle finger exactly,

She knew well I loved her Ring suppressed,

Kept silent, she requested to back home,

Time passed, we completed school,

Both passed with flying colors closest,

Innocent failed to detect my intense liking,

She grew mature so soon looked at me,

The day we were returning from school,

She told me to be confused and should say,

Convey what my heart yearns to her,

I looked at her Ring, and she caught me,

Oh, you don't like me but my Ring,

But she confessed her love, gifted the Ring,

Angrily I protested a lot futile,

She was stubborn and forced me to wear,

Hugged me parted immediately,

Never could I see time separated us,

The Ring was on my finger for decades,

Felt nostalgic for her memory, and now understand,

We both were in love with each other,

She was disappointed I never confessed,

The untold love secret feeling emotions,

Forgotten in both hearts, shield chamber,

I proceed to America to study medicine,

Practicing surgeon for years successfully,

Dad requested to return home quickly,

He was sick and needed help to recover,

Got a job here in the city, settled family,

Father recovered happy with us,

It was a surgical operation in a hospital,

It was successful with a lady,

Difficult a case, fatality in question,

I was worried about early signs of recovery,

Attending her every day, she was feeble,

Drooping eyes, her face troubled me,

Failed to recognize concluded by now,

Two weeks after she was freshly greeted me,

I looked at her surprised and enquired,

She held my hand, called my name,

Forgot The Ring you wear I gave to you,

Stupefied, I stood, eyes matched,

I called her by her name, and she smiled,

 I held back, felt tears, and she thanked me,

You saved my life, confessed thank you,

The Ring she touched was rubbing. 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Ring

Themes: A ring linked two lives

Written: 12th July 2023, Cuttack

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