Thursday, October 14, 2010

An amazing encounter with a little kid ....

This is for the first time that I have put my hands on poetry on observation. The incidence took place nearly 8 years back when I was walking on a road day dreaming suddenly watched this kid, very bleak and gloomy being pushed by his mother to go to school. He was very dejected and reluctant and his mother was in a rush. His two missing teeth were further decorating his sadness and in the evening when he was returning from school he was in some other dimension. He was full of enthusiasm and euphoria and was gliding on the road. I really enjoyed the experience.

रास्ते से गुजर रहा था
ख्यालों में खोया हुआ
कुछ सपने बुन रहा था
जागते से सोया हुआ
तभी नजर उस पर आयी
दिखी वह मासूम परछाई
कदम धीमे, मुख उदास
कंधे झुके , चाल निराश
चेहरा लटका हुआ
कंठ अटका हुआ
मानो किसी स्याह रास्ते से
अनजान मंजिल जाता हुआ
मानो दुख के दरिया मे
कुंठित वह समाता हुआ
माँ उसे खींच रही थी
दोनो की मुठ्ठीया भींच रही थी
पर आक्रोश दोनो का भिन्न था
एक मजबुर दुसरा खिन्न था
अचानक उसने मुँह खोला
दो दाँत गायब थे
उसकी निराशा की याचना में
दोनो सहायक थे
माजरा देख मै काँप उठा
मेरा पुराना डर जाग उठा
मान मनुहार कर हम
राम घर में लाते है
अपरिपक्व राम परिपक्वता की आड़ मे
14 वर्ष वनवास पाते है
शिक्षा ज्ञान का मैदान नहीं
गुलामी की जंजीर है
जहाँ हर उन्मुक्त मन
बेड़ियो मे जकड़ जाता है
वापसी मे इत्तेफाक हुआ
वही नजारा पुन हुआ
इस बार बच्चा आगे
माँ पीछे थी
कदम तेज, मुख मस्त
कंधे तने, चाल चुस्त
चेहरा मुस्कुराता हुआ
कंठ गुनगुनाता हुआ
वही दो गायब दाँत
मुस्कान की शान बढा रहे थे
निराशा की याचना के बदले
प्रसन्नता के गीत गा रहे थे
मुझे देख वह हँस पड़ा
फ़िर वह आगे बढ़ चला
ताकता गया मै चकित खड़ा
वह आगे बढता चला
वह आगे बढता चला

9 comments:

Mayur Umdekar said...

revolutionary poem....really well written,what with the hopeful ending...take a bow kaviraaj...for this effort deserves one..

Mayank Sharma said...

thx for encouragement ... It was keen desire of mine to frame that incidence with words and decoration of imagination :) ... I'll keep on writing poetry on observation

Radha said...

very well written mayank........I find a totally different mayank in ur writings....keep the good work going.....Stay blessed......

Mayank Sharma said...

thx again radha ma .... keep on commenting I really feel very good and encouraging when some one comments on my blog posts :)

Kshitij Joshi said...

Man ur poems r too gud...i never cared abt any poets..but u have a gr8 skill..

Mayank Sharma said...

thx K ... jst a try I give :) and some time it emerges beautifully

Kshitij Joshi said...

Not sometimes every poem u have made make gr8 sense!!Keep on writin' such beauty..

Avijash Shrivastava said...

bhai khoob likha hai...nice poem..keep it up !

Binnie said...

I just love this poem ........
its one of my favorite poems in your diary