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The Elegy of a Labour

30 June 2022

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And one sudden night,

The outburst of a epidemic 

Led to the shutting down of the whole nation

Within few seconds of its proliferation!

Deprived of the necessites

We moved ahead towards our hometown

Without any means to drop us to our destinations,

We moved ahead cluelessly!

In one hand, we had our trolleys

So on the other hand we had our infants,

Oh the tyrant show some mercy on us,

How will we move in such a short time span?

Our co-mates died in hunger

Having nothing to feed themselves;

And some gave up their precious lives 

Walking barefoot all the hot burning day!

Some lost their father and

Some lost their mother,

And some fell ill in this melancholy

Losing out their family forever!

Some of us managed to reach our homes,

Some of us are still longing for the way,

Oh what fault did we try to attempt that

We had to meet such a tormented life, anyway?

We can't even show agony

Nor can we reflect our pain,

Oh at last we are the deprived section of the society

With minimum liberty to express!

The plight of we workers was so heart wrenching,

That even fate and destiny felt guilt upon themselves

For not showing mercy upon them,

For not showing the path in need!

Is this the way oh Supreme Soul

That our fates were actually destined?

Will someone be crying for us,

When we will be not there to serve the men in need?



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Poetry of the Bleeding Tragedies
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Poetry of the Bleeding Tragedies is a collection of poems revolving around various spheres of the real life events, where people are starving and suffering due to various heart wrenching incidents. This includes the issues of heartbreaks, partition memories, terrorist attacks, wars, physical harassment and others. In this collection, I have tried to bind together couple of feelings of the victims and all the respective sufferers. This compilation is a reflection of bunch of melancholic emotions. I am thankful to my mother and Nehil bhaiya who helped me in successfully accomplishing this compilation. (All poems are sole ownership of Debyani Mukherjee. All rights are reserved.)
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The Moon Got Stains

25 June 2022
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At the time of spine chilling winters,  The moon light gleams up the valley,  With all its mystic radiance,  Being a mum spectator to an ally!  The neighbours of a varied clan,  Screams up with

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The Pain of the Marital Rape Victim

25 June 2022
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Sobbing day and night In the corner of the bedroom,  Hiding her face behind her palms As a veil of protection-  Wearing the robe of bruises and scars Fears the enduring bride.  She yells brutall

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The Haunting Faces and the Tortured Soul

25 June 2022
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An aspiring soul with dreams in her eyes, To fly high above in the sky, With high flying colours and marks- Reached to a swamp-like haunting place, With new smiling faces and With new secrets beh

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The Pain of the Martyr's Beloved

25 June 2022
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A beloved awaiting for  Her lover to return  Her heart sobs and sinks  Everytime to see this parting.  She sighs long desperately And eager to meet with him.  But one day  An unfortunate news

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The Screams of the Sati

25 June 2022
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And one unfortunate night, A storm occured in that village, The storm was a storm in the virtue of life  And not a natural calamity! The storm took away her everything- The storm came as a bane i

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The Elegy of a Labour

30 June 2022
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And one sudden night, The outburst of a epidemic  Led to the shutting down of the whole nation Within few seconds of its proliferation! Deprived of the necessites We moved ahead towards our homet

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The Unfortunate Age of Bloodshed

5 July 2022
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What can be more said To all the guns pointed to the head, Piercing the tender skin of the innocent, Making them verbally impotent! The bloody bloodshed, The profusely stanch bloodshed, Where ev

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Here, Our Goddess Bleeds Too

7 July 2022
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A line was drawn accompanied by a pact, Not only a dismantled idea but too a vehement act! More of unscrupulous deed in its way- A 'hate-wave' floated up the blasphemy in a sway!  Day by day the k

9

The Dilemma of Ukraine

7 July 2022
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Abundant civilians run for their lives Leaving behind their loved ones, homes and possessions to thrive! Hoping and praying that they will survive That their people will remain safe and alive.

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The Home Doesn't Feel Like Home Anymore

7 July 2022
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The home doesn't feel like home anymore,  The charm of it has faded away!  The home doesn't feel like home anymore,  Because the past living has swept away!  The home doesn't feel like home anymor

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Tragedy of the Antique Structure

7 July 2022
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A rustic, dilapidated antique structure,  With thousands of the immortal memoirs Engraved on it,  Carries abundant memories of The bygone men,  Who once rose to power And magnified the pride of

12

Was It Easy For You

7 July 2022
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Was it easy for you my love To leave me scattered,  On the paths where  We walked together happily?  Was it easy for you my love To break my heart,  On a misunderstanding Created by our clo

13

I Met A Girl

7 July 2022
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I met a girl,  And fell in love with her- And amused to see how She can bridge the gap Of her torn bruises,  With her cold blood; Keeping aside all the pain-  Inside the deep corner of her hear

14

The Inevitable Calamities

7 July 2022
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We fought nature and lost Time and again What a year it was! Added calamities of flash floods and heavy rains And cyclones with many names The earth was shaking tremendously, Beneath my feet dev

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The Tragedy of War

11 July 2022
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You don't know who you're fighting,  You don't even know who you're fighting for,  You just fight...  Till the end of time, you fight... You know it hurts the hearts, You know you kill a lot, 

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The Destruction

11 July 2022
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I always wanted wanton global destruction But why am I not glad at my crumbling world Why do I lament the sickness of silence  Even when silence was all what I loved Like Khan's hordes it piles

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The Haunting Screams

11 July 2022
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Since a long time I wanted to tell a thing! Help me to get out of my mind! For a long time,its screaming very loud! The nights have become terribly haunting! Now only the screams of my heart- Are

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The Bleeding Chaos of the Inner Self

28 July 2022
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In the battle of love and internal chaos of constant longing,  I lost my inner self. The battle made me realise  How you can shower someone with love and  Yet be exhilarated with pains and regre

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Stalingrad

28 July 2022
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The clouds, The rains, Remind me again of a story, Of a city Of Stanlingrad. Monsters were men and men were monsters Blood was mud and mud was blood Tears were the rain and rain tears Smoke wa

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The Villain

28 July 2022
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Walking through the dense, resembling woods, The more I went inside, the more darker it became, Surrounding me with darkness alone to vent. In a jiffy, I thought I was in the bird's hell cage, Fro

21

The Power of Words

28 July 2022
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The power of words is such that It cheers up your present moment; But with flowers do come thorns Tearing right into your ligament. The power of words is curing It can heal all hurt prevailing;

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Elegy of an Innocent Unborn

29 July 2022
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Mother, o mother! Why did you kill me? What was the fault in me, That made you to abandon me in moments? Mother,o mother! Was I suffering from some defects? And didn't you love me as much as 

23

The Grief of the Harappan Girl

29 July 2022
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Standing amidst the bricky lanes, Roaming in the bygone plains, Far away from the worldly crave, The Harappan girl stands so brave! Unknown from the wrath of time, Amazed with the course of c

24

A Day in the Life of Refugee

29 July 2022
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How traumatic is it To see a dozens of scattered Children and families Crying and yelling around The camps; To see a place overcrowded with Millions of hopeless people, To hear loud screams Ev

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The Horrors of Partition

29 July 2022
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In a jiffy of moments, A line was drawn between two nations- Affecting the people- Geographically, mentally and physically! Several families got displaced Situation compelled them to take refuge,

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A Short Ballad in the Rain

29 July 2022
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The heavy downpour in the town, Hastens to fill my heart with pain. In search of my lost beloved, I feel empty inside in vain! As if the entire sky had been filled With so much immense anguish S

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The Rape Victim

29 July 2022
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Broken down with the feelings that, I am a survivor of a horrible event, For which I was too young to bear, And too immature to understand. Shattered by the haunts of the past, Torn by the grue

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The Valley Bleeds Again!

29 July 2022
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Under the haunting howl of the wolves, Under the point of the sharp guns, In the name of the 'target attacks'- The valley bleeds again! The bloodthirsty wolves hunt up for All the weak fleshy m

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The Nightmare

2 August 2022
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I rose to an abode of chancy realm, In a dark cadaverous lane - I hear someone whispering gibberish In an unknown language! Digging deep inside in search of the nuisance; The haunting darkness thus s

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