CONSECRATE

 CONSECRATE

 

Ocean of tears of no use reminisce

Heart searches, missing escapades,

Watching the wall clock pendulum feel,

Oscillates to and fro time little heal,(1)

 

The sadness, human heart caring,

Forgetful time erases a lot, inspiring,

A bunch of scented sticks lit fumes,

Perfumes satire incidents, life tunes, (2)

 

Miserable, poverty-stricken to linger,

Brotherly life, without a job, he suffers,

Thousand times, I convinced, efforts,

Austerity pious to struggle rapports, (3)

 

Difficult path test infinite sequence,

Convinced he will win consequence,

Hunger will come, sickness visit, hell,

Fasting practice and divine life, quell, (4)

 

Angry outbursts rebuttal countered,

He is beyond being convinced, lured,

Sad was fate, and his father expired,

Inherited property million satisfied, (5)

 

Lost his mother a few months later,

He was the owner of a huge asset, secure,

I visited, looked at him encountered,

Life changed suddenly yet mattered, (6)

 

An unfortunate poor son to change,

He is happy his parents die strange,

A son wants to inherit property evil,

Enjoy the money ill-spend life devil, (7)

 

Saved by generation to sale assets,

Extravagant life wine night gadgets,

His scorn, his frown, I mourned flee,

He was blind with million gold glee, (viii)

 

Ignored me, drunken nights passed,

Brokenhearted, a downfall flashed,

He met accident several times sadly,

Fortunate saved, published widely, (9)

 

The daredevil heart could not trust,

He was in hospital, news clues lost,

He heard reports, systems failings,

Warn of impending death wailings, (10)

 

Do or die time warned restrictions,

Controlled rules, austerity frictions,

He was looking at me, smiling, he joked,

Bluntly told he least feared mocked, (11)

 

I cried, tried to convince him, young

Life is not a tragedy die early song,

Life meant to devote or surrender,

Life means love, compassion, usher, (12)

 

Life of human guarantee century,

Salvation is less understood, ivory,

The mere human heart seeks to go inside,

Prefers practices regulation reside, (13)

 

Rejects extravagant life opulence,

Corrodes human mind confluence,

He never listened to me was drinking,

I heard he passed out a lightening, (14)

 

Sadly, at a young age, he could have lived,

Another fifty years, alas, he believed,

Tragedy, human life, mind acted villain,

Consecrate his memories, he was insane. (15)

 

Life forbids God to forgive sins that happen,

Prayer incense stick fragrant harkens,

May the Lord forgive the soul blunders,

Consecrate the womb acts as a cleanser. (16)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Consecrate

Themes: Sanctify the human existence 

Written: 10th December 2023, Cuttack

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PERMANENCE

 

PERMANENCE

 

 

Recluse opted for a solitary life chosen,

Northern mountains self awaken,

Snow-clad permafrost, inspiring,

Golden, white peaks whispering, (1)

 

Subzero temperatures, inhospitable,

Terrain, lifeless, cold, life is inevitable,

Wondered for months alone, I write,

The lake water is clean, a unique sight, (2)

 

Freeze temperature, wind, chilling,

Pervading thoughts, awe-inspiring,

Traveled for months sight imprint,

un-spoilt the earth landscape hint, (3)

 

Sparsely populated pine forest lit,

White waters, many rapids, delight,

Mesmerized heart bewitched time,

The trail encompassed a lot of Riverine, (4)

 

Stood for hours alone, witnessed, sigh,

Paradise on earth Himalayan high,

The splendor is unbelievably beautiful,

Millennia display attractive bountiful, (5)

 

The legends, myths, local customs,

Stories thousands of touching items,

Temple ancient many remote routes,

Pilgrimage test of courage life mutes, (6)

 

The valleys, flowers, unique colorful,

Fragrant yet local collect wonderful,

Saved my experience of travel diary,

Memories imprinted exciting ivory, (7)

 

The vastness of open fields expansive,

I was standing alone looking, intensive,

Human life cycles imagined many,

I was born, died, had rebirth, funny, (viii)

 

Felt tears, salty, wet lips convinced,

You are not wrong soul life rinsed,

A land of profound silence, tranquility,

Rare in earth centuries live quality, (9)

 

Realize the essence of life objective,

Monasteries exist monk meditative,

The scriptures, mysterious, realized,

The subject is permanence, visualized, (10)

 

That exists on the mountain peaks,

That exists in great rivers if tricks,

That exists in permafrost snow melt,

That feeds billion lives century felt, (11)

 

That controls seasons monsoon hit,

Invisible power swollen river fright,

Rishikesh Hardwar branches out the trail,

Wrote lifetime experiences in detail, (12)

 

Human life is not just a coincidence,

I encountered several incidents,

The travel was a journey mystery,

Days I studied in Monastery, (13)

 

Back at Rishikesh, watched the river,

The Ganges evening prayer wear,

Leaf with oiled wick lit flower float,

The hymn chanting at shore, effort, (14)

 

Not today, not for centuries, millennia,

Permanence, the civilization, insignia,

Sat at the shore of the Ganges cried,

The river is the mother, human tried, (15)

 

Ageless civilization culture snowy lit,

Glacier-born rivers, fertile land sight,

Permanence Divine trust, practices,

Concluded northern sojourn entices. (16)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Permanence

Themes: Ageless a civilization

Written: 9th December 2023, Cuttack

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CHORD

CHORD

 

Mesmerized the Veena of life tunes,

Melodious scintillating tame fumes,

Seen hazardous life flute vibrant lit,

Poverty corrodes life, hunger defeats, (1)

 

Shrunken eyes noticed cried escort,

Death cruel vulture Lord's grace lot,

Lifted lives from sickbed, cured, sock,

No symptoms of ailments heal woke, (2)

 

Orphaned child at birth mother left,

Adopted by another flourished fate,

Diamond spoon mouth, child born,

Divorced parents desert child earn, (3)

 

The chord changes symphony alert,

Divine play flute seven notes divert,

The sadness cripples a mind, and tearful,

The Veena plays chords remindful, (4)

 

Life is not for pleasure, physically fit,

Life is for realization, discover light,

Light invisible energy breath flute,

Seven notes admixture yet dispute, (5)

 

Foolish human chord tames plant,

Chord attracts birds, animals, want,

Listen to frequencies contemplate,

Magic where musical chords relate, (6)

 

The Ganga Ghat dusk dilapidated,

Alone on the stone steps, I evaded,

The spine-chilling fears of loneliness,

Dark was the river clouded stress, (7)

 

Wet were steps after rain at the shore,

Waves of river Ganges high surfer,

Spraying moister evening depress,

By boatman floated into darkness, (viii)

 

Watched the shoreline, sat record,

Vast shoreline of Banaras offered,

River bank rock steps are sparse, dark,

Lighted at one place oblation stark, (9)

 

Offering oil-lit lamps hymns sound,

Pervading musical notes lots around,

Bewitching beauty distance evoked,

For millennia, human prays, stoked, (10)

 

The chord connects to human love,

Cold waters of the river dissolve,

The boat proceeded to Ghat was bright,

The pyre was burning no one, a sight, (11)

 

Sizzle at innermost heart flaming,

Ambers red hot charcoal glowing,

No one attends a life extinguished,

Cold wind cools burn pyre missed, (12)

 

The air at the boat distinct a note,

The chord of life rejected world denotes,

Abandoned children, life once begged,

Musical note flute boatman egged, (13)

 

Showed Banaras ghat lonely night,

There was delight, included fright,

Human hymn to life extinguished,

Chord of human life distinguished. (14)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of The Poem: Chord

Themes: Chord of human life imprinted

Written: 8th December 2023, Cuttack

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TOUCHED

 

TOUCHED

 

Books were famous, published,

Environment detailed, released,

Forecast disaster terrain ruin,

Action few and far, in between,(1)

 

Verbal oratory argumentative,

Fathomless deceits, derogative,

Exploitation insane confluence,

Forest fertile land fight intense, (2)

 

Court-room media proceeding,

Futile act forest land receding,

Life as environmentalists fought,

My books were awarded sought, (3)

 

Clearwater, conservation write,

Tomorrow's situation is not bright,

Scarce a drop of water die a lot,

War for water future seek effort, (4)

 

Plantation dire necessity period,

Deforestation, catastrophic odd,

Technology science explored all,

Desert turns granaries time call, (5)

 

Wrote process in detail practice,

Survival of the human race, justice,

Desertification, a death knell, hit,

Forestation, my book describes it, (6)

 

The fight with villagers tribal fit,

Rivalry to river water act defeat,

Arguments shout frustrations,

A life scarred, true motivations, (7)

 

Rural lives are illiterate yet decent,

The spine of the land, efficient,

Looted, exploited by industries,

Losing land water purity series, (viii)

 

Several threats court cases nail,

Village problems blamed assail,

This was a picture, it was my visit,

Wanted to teach villagers to recruit, (9)

 

Nature building, saving the forest,

Water conservation arid arrest,

Grazing land horticulture income,

Financial growth business comes, (10)

 

Socked to watch the empty hall wait,

No one attended the meet debate,

I was in tears knew illiteracy play,

Villagers ignored meetings, disobeyed, (11)

 

Less interested in a mass plantation,

Techniques to suggest cultivation,

It was a disaster, I was shocked,

A few political clouts seen joked, (12)

 

Going back home nearer my city,

It was evening road found empty,

The school teacher with students,

Planting trees at side movements, (13)

 

Watering plants sun was sinking,

Touched my heart future linking,

Looked at the schoolmaster and child,

Got tearful at the sight heart wild, (14)

 

Touched deeply, my professional life,

Looked at the line of trees a belief,

I could well imagine a sequel future,

Children love nature study to secure. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Touched

Themes: Could understand visit being met

Written: 7th December 2023, Cuttack

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