Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra
(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Amba’s wrath”. This poem is from her book “Tales of Eon)
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 4 ☆
☆ Amba’s wrath ☆
(Denied justice from Bheeshma, a sufferer of fate, Amba seeks justice from God)
O life! You have made me a chattel
Loved, lost, owned and dismissed.
And on one leg I stand here on the Himalayas
O God! Before you, to ask for justice.
King Shalva I loved, gave away my heart
And accepted I was by pleasure and grace
And yet, taken away from my swayamwar I was
Bheeshma, by virtue of force, caused my disgrace.
Owned by Bheeshma, to Vichitrveerya presented
A conquered property I became, exchanging hands
When informed that it was King Shalva I loved
Kind enough they were to understand
Went I, to King Shalva, with love in my heart
And…oh! rejected, refused and denied I was
Said he, that he could not have someone as wife
Some other man’s possession who was…
With a despondency, I returned
And asked Vichitraveerya to take me as his wife
Declined again, I asked Bheeshma for justice
He was the one, who had changed course of my life
He was the one who had snatched me away
He was the one in whose chariot I sat
Rightfully, I asked him to marry me
And it was then I realized, I had become a doormat
Bheeshma rebuffed me, reminded me of his pledge;
Wandered I from place to place, to get even.
Parshurama did help, fought for me-
Unfortunately, against Bheeshma, no one could have won
O God! Death of Bheeshma is what I seek
As a revenge for what I had to endure and face
O God! Give me justice, for I know I did not falter
O God! Most humbly, before you, I present my case
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