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 an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Bheeshma’s Pledge”. )
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 42 ☆
☆ Bheeshma’s Pledge ☆
Your depression and distress I comprehend now
Oh! My dear and beloved father
So? You wish to get home a beautiful lady
And make her your wife and my mother?
Ah! So relieved I am to finally apprehend
The cause of turbulence within your mind and heart
Your affection for me prohibits you from marriage
But father! I am also your humble part!
Heard I have that the lady whom you love
Has laid a condition, an assurance desires
That her sons should become the king, not me
Father, really I am ready for it, I have no ire
I understand that your affection for me forbids you
But father, love is the supreme of all sentiments!
Your happiness is what matters to me the most
How can I be fonder of the throne than my parents?
For a few moments, assuming an elder’s garb
I shall ask the lady’s father for her hand for you
I know that you will be so delighted
And seeing your pleasure, I shall be glad too
I promise that relinquish all claims I shall
To the throne, for that is my dharma
Give me the patience and courage to hold on to it;
The world shall know me and bless me as Bheeshma!
© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra
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