Sunday, December 1, 2024

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 


 

Why?

 

Why atrocities?

Why dead bodies?

Why heart aching news all around?

Will the dead wakeup ever

And return to the laps of

Ill-fated mothers?

 

Mourning sun's radiant face hides

Behind the dark clouds

under a stretched raining sky.

The fragrance of the season, the flowers

Resemble fading memories

The blushing eyes,

Those bent necks cry for saving their lives.

 

In a sacred hour of loneliness,

Weeping air asks for the reason

To my ever-free consciousness.

 

The Vortex

 

A drop of tear from the eye balls

When rolls down the cheek

And a condensed droplet from the hanging clouds,

Along with the melting cosmic beam

After all, touch the ground

And meet an end.

 

Hopes and

Unlamented sorrows

Shatter the core of the heart,

The colours of the seasons

And anticipatory senses

Merge into a melancholic vortex.

 

The cosmic ocean

where broken hopes and

Shattered dreams of humanity and humility

Take shape under the notes of

Barbaric feelings.

 

A Sensible Poise

 

Flowers bloom

And flourish in the woods of mind and soul

Carves a painting on the canvas of self-contentment.

 

A pious sense

That makes us feel serene

Purifies the self with calmness and placidity

A full moon smiles in the distant sky

Sprinkling silvery powder of grace and elegance

And keeps turning the angels into white lotus with beauty.

 

It’s appearance

As a   brilliant perception of life

Of- course transforms the mortal world into a heaven

For a moment, may be a second or a minute

And comes as no less a Frost of all agony

Below   the   point of freezing,

Turning my eyes totally disillusioned,

And land under my feet turns slippery to slide.

 

Rolling Seconds

 

Years, months and days

Have rolled down in a quick succession

Memories yet hunt

For a precise solace and consolation.

 

Time flew unnoticed ...

The yellow pages of life’s poetry book

Depict the severe wounds received

The scars in feelings leads to sets of illusion

And obsolete memories blur the vision.

 

The Staines of tear drops

Still whisper a love note,

That we meet again

Even though the lonely heart

Awaits the lilac clouds of hopes and prosperity

To restore its rain.

 

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA

 

RAJASHREE MOHAPATRA: Born in Odisha in India has received her master’s degree in ' History ‘and 'Journalism and Mass Communication' from Utkal University, Odisha. She is a teacher by profession. Being a post graduate in ' Environmental Education and Industrial Waste Management ' from Sambalpur University Odisha, she has devoted herself as a Social Activist for the cause of social justice, Environmental issues and human rights in remote areas through non-governmental organisations. Poetry, Painting and Journalism are her passions.


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