A Jigsaw Puzzle
Ravi Panamanna 1956 (Ottapalam)
With a couple of utensils,
A bundle of things, a sack,
A rusty box, a broken cradle,
And in sunken dreams,
With a couple of kids
In rugged clothes,
In cadaver conditions,
I saw a family at the station.
Where were they going?
Where was their final post?
What was behind their sighs?
What told their vacant looks?
I enquired - there was information
His mother was breathing her last.
There was urgency
To reach home at the earliest
It was a couple of days’ travel,
They were crossing hills and dales.
Further the plains, beyond the ravines
They were challenging real distances.
A casual laborer, a contract,
A trench worker, rootless life
Sunny ways, toiling days,
Gypsy life and endless strife
But, from the deep skies
It was the call of the womb.
Winding up the contract
Now, it was farewell to these winds….
At last, the train arrived
And they were on their wheels.
With a couple of lingering eyes
They forever left from my shores.
Alone on the platform,
I was in deep distress.
Will he see his mother alive?
Or ashes are awaiting him?
Man hath certain inevitable inns,
Man hath certain promises to keep.
He is facing many deadlines,
Life is forever a jigsaw puzzle.
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Written on December 26, 2013
Submitted by ravi_panamanna on January 11, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBX XXXC XXDX CXXX BXXX EFXF DXEX XXDX XXXX XXXBA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,212 |
Words | 250 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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