Poems Purely Personal-1 Poem by raghukul bhushan

Poems Purely Personal-1



POEMS PURELY PERSONAL-1

My bosom is burdened
For days and nights countless
With aches and agonies.
Suppressed sighs and sobs
Rise and sound
As if someone
Is beating the muffled drums
Constantly.

A single smooth sweep,
Six years ago,
Dazzled me with the illusion
Of happiness and freedom,
Yearning of the ages!

It took away my all
Leaving me to lament
And hear the most tormenting
Moans and laments
Of my finest kids.

Those who were the dearest ever
Were in fact the worst;
Their façade of virtue and loving care,
Torn into shreds shorn
Into stunning shock
Irreconcilable!

The whole past of decades
Lay bare
With graves of memories
Dug on the ruins
Of my labour, love and simple faith.



God be thanked!
My healthy thoughts, healthy outlook
And healthy laugh
Remained my only strength and solace.
And humbled the times
And kept the prey upbeat.
It always annoyed
The silent and loving conspirators
Who today are calm
After the deed.

I sift the weeds
And tread barefooted
The stubble fields
Bathed in the crimson evening sun.
No need to look behind
As the past is showing itself
In its shameless nakedness.

What remains,
Amidst the dumb laments,
Silent sighs and soundless cries
Crowding my days and nights,
Is again to manage and live the best-
Not for myself, but for my daughters,
Sheenam and Geetika,
Whose glow and bloom
Faded and died out
In marital happiness-
Before it began-
Five years ago
To the jubilations
Of the ever-dearest!

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raghukul bhushan

raghukul bhushan

Kartarpur, Dist. Jalandhar, India
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