Morning

Pradipta Kumar Mohanty

Jharsuguda

Art by- David Schuster

The horizon obscures

by the shrouds of smoke

spurt from the funeral pyre

of a deceased

found in the nearby brewery.

A yell of scream

echoes in the air

as a mendicant

faces an attack of a hostile mob

for stealing a slice of loaf.

Really shocks

Alas ! Most people seem destitute

of common human feelings.

A gloss of revelry

spans across the ambient

as a new born little angle

brings an unprecedented bliss

for the family

next door.

But a craftsman beside

engrossed with his crafts

seems heedless

of all the happenings

in the morning.                       

The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
Pierre de Courbertin