WHEN DOES GOD BLESS ONE TO BE IMMORTAL?

WHEN DOES GOD BLESS ONE TO BE IMMORTAL?

When one’s ultimate Motto becomes one’s only selfless service,

When one willingly showers for the deprived benevolence lavish,

While helping the destitute one is neither churlish nor peevish;

God never lets any devilish force his inimitable Zeal impoverish!

When happiness of the masses becomes one’s life’s only Mission,

When one is eager enough to shoulder public strain and tension,

When sheds one sweats for the hungry and starving’s daily ration;

One becomes a Messiah for the building of a new World-Nation!

When one becomes an Engine for the people’s problem Trains,

When one turns a carriage for the commoners’ pressing burdens,

When, for the emancipation of the needy, one sinks and drinks pains;

One verily becomes foolproof for all sorts of recurring and rigid stains!

When lives one solely for the smooth and easy lives of the whole Races,

When, for the sweet smiles of others, one bitter hardships embraces,

When unhesitatingly  bleeds one, for the hapless men’s legitimate cases;

To make one Immortal, God, the Omnipotent, magnanimously blesses!

N. B. This poem is dedicated to MOTHER TERESA.

Glossary:

Ultimate Motto - final goal of life

Deprived – underprivileged/poor

benevolence - compassion

Lavish - plentiful

Destitute – poor/ penniless

Churlish - rude

Peevish - bad-tempered

Inimitable - matchless

Zeal - enthusiasm

Impoverish – diminish/weaken

Eager – enthusiastic/ready

Shoulder – bear/carry

Messiah - a zealous leader of some cause or project

World-Nation – the whole world is a nation

Verily – indeed/really

Foolproof - perfect

recurring – coming or happening frequently

Rigid – unbending/obstinate

Hapless – unfortunate

Unhesitatingly – willingly/readily

Legitimate – rightful

Omnipotent - all-powerful

Magnanimously – generously/ selflessly

©Shankar D Mishra [Sr. Lecturer in English, Internationally awarded bilingual poet & author of 12 books including 2 Grammar books] 23.03.2018