By G. Javaid Rasool
A family of climate evacuees
Escaped the rage of magisterial Kali
In one of her imperious avatars,
Ingraining its identity,
And tears-strewn remains
Of missed lands – the lands with the promise
Of a tryst for life, long years ago.
The family in its distant perches
Was left with food not for its memories,
For aspirations and hopes.
Frail childhoods of children of the times,
Plausibly moulded by maladies of life, and
Bereft of love-struck reminiscences,
Inured in the given as divinely ordained.
Growing lives shrouded in the garb of serenity,
Construing the writing on walls
Making ends meet
All by themselves as alienated individuals
On estranged lands of prejudices.
The tide of time moved on
Bringing motherhood and fatherhood to them.
And their children, like those of a lesser god,
Find time to accompany them, occasionally,
With manifest sense of bonding,
Overshadowed by packages of individuality
Causing suffocation in posing for an unlikely family portrait.
G. Javaid Rasool, a self-proclaimed Lucknow boy, is professional social worker specialising in documentation services and training. The Wire has been publishing his poetic compositions.
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One reply on “A Family Portrait”
you have always been so enthusiastic in terms of choosing the right books to share . And your poetry is delightful to read indeed.
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