A Clear Winner

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A Clear Winner
P K Routray

The scientists and the science
command modern man’s reverence.
The students with sharper brain
prefer the profession for prosperity and gain
as via complex mathematics and physics
they can invent wonders ofl many mystics
to produce a bomb for war and peace
and many aids for creation to continue or cease
to be a poet, artist or writer by profession
to be fed, clothed and sheltered poorly with poor recognition.
A rare breed with divine grace is only an exception
compared to numerous greats with their scientific contribution.
A poet brilliant or average
with inborn talent or with fortitude and courage
contribute to society for their pleasure
not a must for all a man in the forest or a creature.
“ The pen is mightier than the sword”
It, the present generation has ignored.
Comparisons and competition
between poets and scientists on their invention
crown a winner either of two on paper
but to the hungry modern man scientist is the winner.
Here is a taste I vouch for scientist community
to measure the pain, pleasure, love, and humility.
but poets can do the wonder
by bringing out the feel on their meter.
On happiness and hunger
human science is a failure.
It only pushes them further
that man can reach them never.
But poets’ pen seems to be mightier than a bomb
the hunger with bliss and happiness it can calm.