SMRUTIRANJAN

SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

A LOOK AT LIFE -48

Nothing like love

if you have it

the whole word is yours

if you do not

just a beggar you are

It introduces you

to yourself

takes you to the source

from where you have come

to where ultimately you go

It makes your more complete

and true to yourself

brings you closer to the real you

which infact you are

nothing but love and pure love

It let you forget

the make belief differences

you always  find and guard

between you and others

it takes you to that state of mind

where you closely identify yourself

with others and become one with them

It makes you realise how futile it is to

nurture negative emotions

by having it you only harm yourself

in another way like someone

relishing its own blood for a moment

By loving others you only love yourself

by hating others you only hate yourself

a lover knows what love is all about

it takes you to that blissful state of mind

it gives you that ecstasy

and unalloyed pleasure which the whole world

with all its affluence, beauty and

splendour can hardly fathom

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A LOOK AT LIFE-45

Solely concerned

we are with our own suvival

hardly think others who coexist

with us have life of their own

the worst victims of our selfishness

and misadventure here

We lament

our own survival is at stake

existence in jeopardy

with global warming,

environmental pollution and attitude of man

putting a serious question mark

as to whether there will be any life on earth

So obsessed we are with our own survival

hardly pay any attention to

the environment that nourishes us

the culture that sustains life on earth

Man being the most clever and

assertive animal on earth has deprived

others of their due

endowed on them by the almighty

and made a mockery of their life

how many of us accept the

truth that this beautiful earth is

as much ours as it is theirs

There is a limit to exploitation

a limit to the theory of survival of

the fittest, beyond a limit non will

survive and the fittest will

succumb to the ire of nature

Time to rethink and reorient ourself

time to internalise our cultue

that stands for love and reciprocation

spirit of tolerance, compromise

and peaceful coexistence

Let 'live and let live' be the motto

or else we only we will be

held responsible for the complete

annihilation of life on this beautiful earth

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3.A LOOK AT LIFE-40

The society

in which i was born

the way i was groomed and socialised

to look at the world

made me what i am

a machine which confirms

to the values

of the larger society

All along i am taught and schooled

to look at the world

behave, interact and interprete

in a way

defined by the society

to which i belong

With hands and legs

mind and conscience

deeply bound

i am to live a life

far away from me

chained emotion, chained love

caged smile, caged feeling and tear

patterned behaviour, patterned interaction

i am supposed to love

live and endure

When i first looked at the world

through my own eyes

I felt it was not my eyes

through which

i was looking at

but through a pair of glasses

thickly coloured

by the norms and values of the society

i never saw the world as it was

but the way i was made to look it at

The values I inculcated stood in the way

and blurred my vision

since birth I am in chains

chained in a golden chain

the dos and don'ts

sacred and profane of the society

to which i belong

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SMRUTIRANJAN

SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY, son of Raj Kishore and Shantilata Mohanty, born at Padmapur, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha on 1.1.1963 is a multi lingual poet of international repute. His writings include essays, short stories, poems and novels. Working as Finance Officer in Govt of Odisha, he writes   extensively on life, its beauty and intricacies which are widely popular across the world.