Eternal Happiness

Eternal Happiness

P K Routray

When two friends meet

reflecting on the memories sweet

of friends and friendship at the heart

that nothing ever can dare to dirt

the lord incarnates in the bondage of friends

to their bliss and joy divinity He lends

raising the happiness to the highest rung

that is eternal as per the scriptures; song.

that happened to Rangalal and Rajkishore

when their days, grand kids have taken over

forgot they their fallen teeth and grey hair

talked as usual with teenagers’ fun and flair

talking of their teenagers days

inducing their spouses to daze

to dream with bliss in between

being fairies to their hubbies in their teen.

But Madams! you are in fool’s paradise

our friends under the guise of no vice

still were changing their fairies often

with naughty friends’ adolescent fun.

But we assured you of their reputation,

many of their secrets to you are better known.

Rangalal was early to be hooked.

At his achievement with queries we looked

waiting to see his letters from his love.

Our querries he never tried to solve.

Spiting at him in dreams we were floated

now with real experience, we feel cheated.

Talked must have they on our treasure

priceless they are in our life, none can measure.

Imagining ourselves as party to their conversation

spirited we feel with thus divine inspiration.

They must have talked Rangalal’s butter

carried to dining hall packed with love by his mother

and Rajkishore’s silence and philosophical posture

still are not lost and it, the humdrum of life did not blur.

Thirty three from among us have bade us goodbye

some among us are not traceable with us to laugh and cry.

Some of us have forgotten the bondage of our golden days

pray them I to join friends with oldage swing and sways.

Golden jubilee is coming closer to remind us our union

when from the parental care with friends we trod on our own

it is already dusk, light is fading for us

Join hands forgetting the difference to make our rest of life joyous.

 

 

N < B – Raj Kishore and Rangalal with two hundred fifty of us read together staying under one roof for five years from 1965 to 70. They met after almost fifty years.

Happiness are three typs Tamasic, Rajsic and sattavic. The last is eternal).