The tussle between Karma and destiny decided by planetary positions has been explored and exposed in this poem, by Mamta. It’s a powerful social commentary, in Different Truths.
Gaining on the mood swings
Losing on the roundabouts
The planetary patterns
Their swirls and tangles
Printed on the paper
Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
Made the Super Star believe them
Only to be found wanting
In his luck smudged world.
The more he trusted
The potency of his zodiac sign’s fire
His fate was determined
By his flops and public ire
Torn by the dilemma
To stay put and decay
Or to serenade adventure
A nomadic fluid life
With no care for loyal fanfare
Withdrawing from wordly activities
On account of printed columns
He found his arch rivals benefit
With dazzling assignments overseas
Too plum in nature
A tumult muzzled his finances
Emotions in an anaemic bind
A torpor too weighty to capture
The irony of stars parodied starry life.
From words to prescient gems
One on each shrivelled finger
To set the awry curve straight
He tried blurring the past
A failed star vitalising his future
Destiny inflating the constellations
His rivals sped ahead full throttle
A fledgling before the caged birds
Squatting and eyeing cards
Alas! The faded star was seen last.
©Mamta Joshi
Photos from the Internet.
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Mamta Joshi did her post graduation in History from University of Allahabad. She writes short stories, reflective essays, prose pieces on everyday life in national dailies and international e-magazines. She writes with equal ease in Hindi. For over two decades, as a teacher of English in college section at SMC, Allahabad, she has been interacting with young minds, understanding their pulse and in turn being savvy on technology, fitness, fashion, humour and rumour too.
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