Poetry

Anyone’s Life!

Like a shooting star she/ he rushed out of her/ his room

Looking everywhere for her / his loved one

Loudly she/ he called out to him/ her

But to her/ his disappointment

Only her/ his echoing voice could she/ he hear

On the floor she/ he flopped

Holding her/ his head wondering

Where could he/ she have gone?

Endless tears cascaded down her/ his cheeks

To God she/ he implored for help

But it too fell on deaf ears!

Her/ his hair she/ he started pulling in despair

Pleading with him/ her to return

Scared she/ he was to the core

Silently she/ he mumbled to God

‘Please guide and help him/ her

To our nest

O God, you do know..

I do take good care of him/ her in spite of everything

Though many think it otherwise

I blame them not, for my anger

Is the real culprit of this mess!

I’m sorry for it but ..

Their nonchalant rude behaviour

Into my heart pierces a dagger

I try to surmount it but..

Like an unrelenting ghost it overpowers me

Erupting the dormant volcano of

Pent up frustration & rage..

To my dismay!

Still unlike him/ her

I haven’t ever neglected him/ her

But, in the heart & mind of others

It isn’t so!

A frank person though I am

Not garbed in a cloak of impersonation

Yet I’m the victim of accusations

It indeed is an irony

Where pretense is viewed as honesty

Where sermons of goodness are lavished scrupulously..

By not only the deceitful but also

Those ignorant of the reality

For it’s true …

‘Seeing is believing!’

Anyway, that’s life ruled by destiny.

I’m supposed to forgive the accusers

A lost battle I’ve been fighting

For years together all by myself

But now am too exhausted to go on in this way

So I vent it out on myself

For the sake of my mental peace.

To inflict on others one’s own failings is their motto

That hover like a sword over their head

Thank God for everything

I know what I am and so do you, my God

That’s all, that finally matters to me!

From the depth of my heart..

I hope & pray for his/ her return

Please make not my life a greater hell

Already I’m much troubled

Take a moment to think over

How graciously I’ve taken care of you!

At times I’m sorry to have lost my patience with you

But that’s happened only..

When you were unreasonably

Indifferent towards me

I too am a human being

Your unconcerned behaviour

When others threw mud at me &..

You invariably joined them with a smile

Hurt me to the utmost

You never did help/ support me..

For the fear of God alone knows what!

I earnestly urge you to come home

Help me at least once or..

Are you hell-bent on crushing my world?

Just think for once on your own

Be not guided by others

Believe not in their words blindly for-

People love being judgemental

As long as it’s aimed at others.

Anyone’s life could be ruined by

Such sadistic pleasure.

What a farcical life we lead!

A genuine human with shortcomings like anyone else I am but..

Under no circumstances am I an Impostor!’

 

~Anuradha S. Bannore

Vadodara, India

2 Comments

  1. your poem ms anuradhaji connects all those who have faced traumas of their life in a new environment after leaving home to adorn another so called home where pressure of a new environment and new faces destroy your very being for not being accepted as one of them
    thanks for exposing these traumas a girl faces after marriage

  2. It’s true in spite of being educated nothing has changed. Harrassment continues till today. In the institution of marriage education has completely failed it seems. A very sad state of affairs it is! Such people who have neither respect nor care for others should stop boasting about their being educated. Thanks Ms Diwakar for taking time off to not only read but post a comment too.