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 “Drona and Drupad”. This poem is from her book “Tales of Eon)
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 9☆
☆ Drona and Drupad ☆
“O Drupad! My childhood friend!
Your promises I come to remind
Do you remember our oaths to share
Wealth of all kinds?”
“O Sage Drona! Blessed am I!
My kingdom your presence bestows
A learned man are though
And before thee I bow!”
“O Drupad! My childhood friend!
Married I am, and have a son too
Distinguish he can’t between rice water and milk
And I have come to ask for a cow from you!”
“O Sage Drona! O learned man!
A cow I present thee in alms
Friendship stays only between equals
To state that, I have no qualms!”
“O Drupad! My childhood friend!
It is not daan that I seek or ask
Listen to your heart and the love
In your glory, do not bask!”
“O Sage Drona! O learned man!
Pray do not claim cow in friendship’s name
Upholder of Dharma am I and in charity believe
As such, you have no claim
“O Drupad! Ashamed I am
I ever called you my friend
One day, greater than thou I shall become
But, from my ideals, never bend!”
And thus were sown the seeds
Of disillusionment and revenge
His ambitions soared high and high
Drona had forever changed!
© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra
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