Poor Honesty
Pijush Kanti Deb *
Honesty, surviving in a populous jungle,
never hunts a blissful heart but it falls a prey to
a selfish attitude of a wild heart,
eats reluctantly the humble pie
along with its heart out,
protrudes its eyes to a dual
between its optimism and pessimism,
feels a resultant quivering under the blanket
as the three entities-
its body, mind and soul fall out among themselves
regarding the possible report of
post-mortem of honesty- still alive somehow.
Nevertheless, they neither cut any ice
nor draw a hard and fast line between
poor honesty and its grammar,
waste only their logical arguments one by one.
Maybe, honesty cries from the house-top,
leaving all hesitations and confusions,
tries to bring itself to light
yet its divine virtues
draw blank to merge with the sun.
Hark! The offspring of Noah,
the remaining blossoms of earthly paradise!
Let honesty be escorted, respected and dignified
and be rescued it from the present danger of coma
before the jungle brings a full-stop after honesty.
* Poem written by Pijush Kanti Deb for e-pao.net
The poet is an Associate Professor in Economics and can be contacted at joyraj2014(at)gmail(dot)com
This poem was webcasted on June 02 2014.
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