Quarantine...What Else?

 

Monotonous hours spent in distress,

Awaiting dispersal, holding our breath,

The only sound echoing across the news,

‘ Corona Virus…pandemic…unexpected life threat'

Quarantine came at its rescue,

Shut doors, shut windows,

And physical contact too…

 But not all was shut!!

For a whole new world of lessons lay,

Ahead of all, as a guide to win the life’s race

And stay safe till our hair turned grey…

If only we’d be more careful,

Lives could be saved,

Loved ones could be embraced,

Staying home, that wasn’t difficult at all!!

Yet many lost, and now live, depressed …

We all could have cooperated a bit more,

So no one had to leave the other at the shore….

 

Now it’s all done, so pray!!

Next time I will do all I learned… I will-I promise

                                                                                      ~Kripa Sarkar

Done With The Test!!

 

The silence in the room, 

Not uncommon though,

Always feels awkwardly the same...

Noise of the fan's rotating wings,

Squirrels calling at a distance,

Frequent sounds of paper flipping,

Unmindfully writing my name, 

On the supplementary sheets, idly sitting...

Monotonous !!!

Fidgeting !!!

Sighs !!!

A shrill call breaks the silence when,

All of a sudden and student says,

" Ma'am Supplementary..." and before he can finish,

She heads straight to the table, grabs the sheet,

And with steps that are stable, approaches the boy,

Unfortunately, though, he gets a short stare from the backbenchers...

I sway my head side by side,

Rechecking my paper multiple times,

As I glance out of the window, my eyes take notice of a miracle!!!

Underneath a broadleaf, a protruding muddy surface,

"Perhaps it is the two-bedroom house of the wasp," I think to myself

" Which she has built delicately, waiting for her little champs." 

( who were yet to come out of the eggs)

What are we learning here?

Look how nature teaches much,

In the time wasted by us,

I wait for the watch to strike twelve...

Whispering to myself-

" Next time I will learn how a nest is built!!"

For that is more interesting than,

Monotonous, Fidgeting Sighs...

                                                        ~ KRIPA SARKAR

CHERISH THY LONELINESS

 Silent, solitary, and shivering nights,

Have taught me indeed,

What it is to be a saint,

And stay... to receive the light you need

Cherish thy loneliness,

For you, no one shall wait,

Walk it alone, it's your journey,

Don't sit cowardly, afraid!!

Life is giving you the time you require,

Embrace thy emptiness,

Pray to the one up higher,

And... patiently wait for the consequence

You shall be blessed,

With the shower of the holy light,

For which you have stayed up all day and night

Hope for it...

Cherish thy loneliness...

                                                                             ~ KRIPA SARKAR