Today, the birthday of a son is, with pomp and pageantry, celebrated,
Even before the wedding of the engaged couple is due to be held;
India's Cricket Team Captain, with the honour of Man of the Tournament, is felicitated,
Even much before the ensuing Cricket World Cup is about to be played!
Today, Veracity is grilled and tried,
In the illegitimate Court of Preposterity;
Ah! Honesty and Rectitude are fried,
On the red and irrational Pan of Falsity!
Today, Virtue is vehemently kicked,
Under the violent Feet of Vice;
While Injustice is praised and peaked,
In the Domain of ill gotten Power and Price!
Today, Humility is a hapless Chicken,
In the Offensive Abattoir of Oppression;
While smothered Simplicity is sunken,
In the stinky Gutter of Exploitation!
Today, Liberty is a shackled and suffocated Slave,
Inside the inhuman and unscrupulous Enclave;
Though the higher does one endeavour to fly,
At the lower bottom one's Dreams shattered lie!
Today, Peace is fiercely festered,
In the Prison of Violence and brutality;
Conscience is piercingly pestered,
With the whip of Indecency and Vulgarity!
Today, money is the means to measure and Gauge,
Muscles seize Powers; Flattery and Influence snatch applause!
Humanity is a stifling Captive in the doorless and Cruel Cage,
The way of the Day is to ignore and crush one's own solemn Pledge!
Today, Mouths are replaced with deadly Arms,
Serenity and Harmony with disruptive Storms;
Beauty is scaled and measured in Kilos and Grams,
Alas! Wounds are treated to heal with incurable Harms!
Today, Flesh is worshipped at the cost of Morality,
In the Bestial Brothels of Lust and Sense Gratification;
Ah! At the stake of Rationality, Continence and Fidelity,
Scorching all the Shames are weighed Vanity and Fashion!
Today, Proper Nouns wear the Boots,
Common Nouns put on the Caps;
Plants flourish and prosper without roots,
And 'Nothings' replenish the the invisible Gaps!
Today, blossom on the coloured lips, countless sham smiles,
Laws without Executions do adorn the Court libraries and office Files;
Undeserving Hands do grasps Awards in questionable Styles,
Those, who can't even walk, win Laurels for crossing the Marathon miles!
Today Solace, like Perfumes, pumped off the fair Skin,
A needle is substituted for a piece of Pin;
Gems are treasured in a dusty and destitute Dust-bin,
Expensive detergents are used to rinse
and cleanse the rigid Sin!
Today, you must be skilled enough to chatter, cheat and gab,
Else, you will lag behind the rest; and will fall helplessly flat;
Vanity and ostentation are universally a Fab,
And to be diplomatic and hypocritic is to be wise and smart!
Today, Religion is an easy and accessible Excuse,
For the war Mongers and the frantic Fanatics;
They are born to inflame the atmosphere and misuse,
Power and Position for narrow profits by nasty Politics!
Today, battles, broils and wars are won,
With the weapons of deceit and sycophancy;
Myriad miserly volunteers are honoured,
For their wondrous and generous reluctancy!
Today, discipline is deadly dented with the Axes of Executions,
On the plinth of Autocracy and Anarchy are built the civilized Nations!
Patriotism is adjudged on the basis of Treachery and Treason,
True Martyrs are those who fight not, but put the country in a prison!
Today, Nectar brims up to the human vessels' edges,
But, the insides of the hearts abound with drosses and dredges;
Societies stand on the strongest pretext Peg,
Substance and Solidarity are replaced by Vapours and Vagues!
Today, Teaching and Learning have hardly any bearings,
Upon both of their actions, characters and demeanours;
The former discharge, Latter receive only for luxurious Livings,
Both lead grad life Styles without having personal Grandeurs!
The scrumptious diet of Today is Mendacity,
Deadly Deception is the prime Duty;
The only Truth that prevails everywhere is Futility,
Illusive hallucinations are a steady source of Serenity!
Today, wild eyes cast dull, dreary and distorted visions,
Credulous hearts are trapped with seasoned Temptations;
Roam and prowl, nights and days, the lusty and vigorous Horses,
But, alas, they reach the hateful Hells due to the Innocent Victims' Curses!
Today, those who backbite their bosses, and piss,
Where they take shelter for respite, and dine;
They rise like the morning Sun, and never their Success train miss,
They are ceaselessly lauded by the fans who give them Ten out of Nine!
Today, those who shout "Mera Bharat Mahan!"
Regrettably, take to their heels to settle in Lands Foreign;
When they feel hampered their petty profits and narrow personal gain,
They leave forever Mother and Motherland, the so called "Greater than Heaven!"
Today, Terrorism, Extremism and Communalism are fostered, fattened and perpetuated,
Under the cloaks of Patriotism, Crusade and National Liberty;
To get knowledge, Mobiles, Social-Media, for books and schools, are substituted,
Fast Food complements human nutrients; UREA, pesticides Soil's fertility!
In an enchanting and enticing chorus all they say,
And chant "Kam Nam Ki Satya Hai!"
And all are armed for and enamoured of the same prey,
There are very few who are not in the mad and wild fray!
The colour of Today is beautifully bleak and dazzlingly Dark,
The way of living, in a nutshell, is Loose enough and Slack;
Apples of discord and Sodom bear the barren Parks,
The dead people tender Votes; Watchdogs neither bite nor bark!
Today, Simplicity is sliced with the pretentious Sword of Complexity,
Illusion inculcates and substantiates the significance of Reality;
Infidelity and Betrayal teach the Sweet Taste of Integrity,
Miserliness and Evanescence preach the Value of Generosity and Perpetuity!
Today, artificial, appealing and entrapping tears are tactfully shed,
To buy deluxe flight tickets; attend night clubs; and earn rich bread!
To procure the Certificates and jobs of one's own choicest Grade,
Powers and positions are misused; flesh is served and black money is paid!
Today, books are praised and authors extolled as inspiring without being read,
Green foods are exhorted most as healthy and nutritious without being cooked and fed!
Tramps, rogues and vagabonds are applauded as well cultured and thoroughbred,
The paths of the saints are showered with flowers even if none is ever known to tread!
Thus, the multi-coloured Face of Today is past description,
Maintaining Self-esteem and Self-restraint is the best Solution;
Not being swayed by the hollow Fads and shallow Sensation,
One can retain Peace, maintain Equilibrium and attain Liberation!
Copyright © Dr. Shankar D Mishra, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Those, who can't even walk, win Laurels for crossing the Marathon miles!
Today Solace, like Perfumes, pumped off the fair Skin,
A needle is substituted for a piece of Pin;
Gems are treasured in a dusty and destitute Dust-bin,
Expensive detergents are used to rinse
and cleanse the rigid Sin!
Today, you must be skilled enough to chatter, cheat and gab,
Else, you will lag behind the rest; and will fall helplessly flat;
Vanity and ostentation are universally a Fab,
And to be diplomatic and hypocritic is to be wise and smart!
Today, Religion is an easy and accessible Excuse,
For the war Mongers and the frantic Fanatics;
They are born to inflame the atmosphere and misuse,
Power and Position for narrow profits by nasty Politics!
Today, battles, broils and wars are won,
With the weapons of deceit and sycophancy;
Myriad miserly volunteers are honoured,
For their wondrous and generous reluctancy!
Today, discipline is deadly dented with the Axes of Executions,
On the plinth of Autocracy and Anarchy are built the civilized Nations!
Patriotism is adjudged on the basis of Treachery and Treason,
True Martyrs are those who fight not, but put the country in a prison!
Today, Nectar brims up to the human vessels' edges,
But, the insides of the hearts abound with drosses and dredges;
Societies stand on the strongest pretext Peg,
Substance and Solidarity are replaced by Vapours and Vagues!
Today, Teaching and Learning have hardly any bearings,
Upon both of their actions, characters and demeanours;
The former discharge, Latter receive only for luxurious Livings,
Both lead grad life Styles without having personal Grandeurs!
The scrumptious diet of Today is Mendacity,
Deadly Deception is the prime Duty;
The only Truth that prevails everywhere is Futility,
Illusive hallucinations are a steady source of Serenity!
Today, wild eyes cast dull, dreary and distorted visions,
Credulous hearts are trapped with seasoned Temptations;
Roam and prowl, nights and days, the lusty and vigorous Horses,
But, alas, they reach the hateful Hells due to the Innocent Victims' Curses!
Today, those who backbite their bosses, and piss,
Where they take shelter for respite, and dine;
They rise like the morning Sun, and never their Success train miss,
They are ceaselessly lauded by the fans who give them Ten out of Nine!
Today, those who shout "Mera Bharat Mahan!"
Regrettably, take to their heels to settle in Lands Foreign;
When they feel hampered their petty profits and narrow personal gain,
They leave forever Mother and Motherland, the so called "Greater than Heaven!"
Today, Terrorism, Extremism and Communalism are fostered, fattened and perpetuated,
Under the cloaks of Patriotism, Crusade and National Liberty;
To get knowledge, Mobiles, Social-Media, for books and schools, are substituted,
Fast Food complements human nutrients; UREA, pesticides Soil's fertility!
In an enchanting and enticing chorus all they say,
And chant "Kam Nam Ki Satya Hai!"
And all are armed for and enamoured of the same prey,
There are very few who are not in the mad and wild fray!
The colour of Today is beautifully bleak and dazzlingly Dark,
The way of living, in a nutshell, is Loose enough and Slack;
Apples of discord and Sodom bear the barren Parks,
The dead people tender Votes; Watchdogs neither bite nor bark!
Today, Simplicity is sliced with the pretentious Sword of Complexity,
Illusion inculcates and substantiates the significance of Reality;
Infidelity and Betrayal teach the Sweet Taste of Integrity,
Miserliness and Evanescence preach the Value of Generosity and Perpetuity!
Today, artificial, appealing and entrapping tears are tactfully shed,
To buy deluxe flight tickets; attend night clubs; and earn rich bread!
To procure the Certificates and jobs of one's own choicest Grade,
Powers and positions are misused; flesh is served and black money is paid!
Today, books are praised and authors extolled as inspiring without being read,
Green foods are exhorted most as healthy and nutritious without being cooked and fed!
Tramps, rogues and vagabonds are applauded as well cultured and thoroughbred,
The paths of the saints are showered with flowers even if none is ever known to tread!
Thus, the multi-coloured Face of Today is past description,
Maintaining Self-esteem and Self-restraint is the best Solution;
Not being swayed by the hollow Fads and shallow Sensation,
One can retain Peace, maintain Equilibrium and attain Liberation!
Copyright © Dr. Shankar D Mishra, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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