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Why is
so alert and agile before
Becomes
trunk-steady dormant and dull?
All
his vigour, vivacity and vitality
Gallop
away from the sight soon after the last breath
All
hard earned hordes and belongings become alien to him
Dissolve
as fumes in the space
Thunderous
sobbing and vociferous cries unheard
Bloods
become white and unfamiliar!
But,
neither he nor any other knows the mystery
Whence
does he come, and whither does he go?
Leaving
behind, only a hollow mark of reminiscence
To
love-loathe, smile-sob, deplore and deride!
* agile
- lively
* dormant
– inactive
* vivacity
– liveliness
* gallop
away - disappear
* hordes – savings
* Thunderous sobbing and vociferous cries – loud cries
at the death of a near one
* alien
– unknown
* bloods
become white and unfamiliar – close relatives/known men become unknown
* Whence
– from where
* whither
– to where
* hollow
mark of reminiscence – an empty token of remembrance
* To love-loathe, smile-sob, deplore and deride –
at someone’s death, some love while some others hate; some smile while some
others cry; some lament while some others laugh at or mock remembering his/her
past, which is associated with them in some way or the other, which is now
useless to all.
©Shankar D Mishra 28.06.2017
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