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 “Karna”. )
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 48 ☆
☆ Karna ☆
My parenthood unknown
Brought up by Adiratha, the charioteer
My energy, undaunted and boundless
Like a true Kshatriya, I know no fear
Revelled everyone at Arjuna’s valour
The greatest archer he is known
Display I did all feats like him
And yet, Drona’s face has a frown
‘A charioteer’s son,’ I am called
Do my merits have meaning none?
Are all the fights and battles
By the virtue of caste and birth won?
It is Duryodhana who stood by me
And in his act, has touched by heart
Made I am a warlord by him
And till the end, with him, I shall not part!
Even if the heavens fall upon me
And if I have to lead a life of misery and pain
Duryodhana’s side I shall not leave
Through summer’s heat and deluge of rains!
© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra
Pune, Maharashtra
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