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Kolkata Panorama [9] – Deity
Deity
They make me their goddess.
Kneel and pray,
Oh! I know
They want a lot from me.
I try to speak out, that
I can not
Give you anything,
It is for yours to earn.
They see me as a mother,
And daughter
In faith, yet they
Let me go with the river.
I have a life, so short -
Four days
Squeezed, and
I know I’d be forgotten.
Yet, they revive me
From the mud
Smeared on straw and
With colors, so alive.
Every year, I find myself
A new home, and
A new father;
I feel, I’m reborn in vein.
I could not tell them
Do not hate and fight
All you seek is within,
You just need an insight.
[This poem is about 'Durgapuga', the greatest religious festival of Hindus in West Bengal India, celebrated in the month of September/October with a fortune, which could have been used for a greater cause. The clay idol of 'Durga', the Goddess, is created, worshiped for four days and then immersed in the river. In many occasion the remnants of the idol is pulled out of river to be used next year and that has been the inspiration of this poem]
Photo Credits: Reetam Banerjee
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Such beautiful lines, lovely!!
Bhagyashree, I am really glad that you like it.
the visuals and words so moving . such a clever wonderful way you have brought your god deity to life for others like myself who are not familiar which such things (only in what i read about in books) here in your poetry you have given me the reader a look into the privacy of what people are feeling even perhaps thinking when prayers are made to this god . the funny way that for those four days everything is so real for all the symbol the structure one would think has a heart beat but then after the four days are up .. it is just pushed into the river some recycling its bits for next years.. .. there was something quite disturbing about this .. for me.. in a good way moving me I love your writing it really took me on a journey in so many many different ways.
beezpoetry Thank you so much. Well, yes I have the feeling that all of this is a lot waste and the money could have been used better. I am glad that I could give you a feeling about the reality. I am so pleased.
Fantastic imagery laced throughout! I have learned something today! Thank you
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@Tashtoo Tashtoo I am so glad that you liked it. I am happy to be a part of NWCreativeUnion and letting people know about my work.
Such beautiful imagery…so nice to learn something about ’Durgapuga’.
Hi Susie, thank you so much. I am glad that I am able to put forward the theme.
‘Yet, they revive me From the mud Smeared on straw and With colors, so alive.’ very moving. Thank you for sharing your work on NWCU, nice to meet you.
@annamontgomery Chromatopia_LLC Hi, I am glad to be a part of NWCU. I am trying to read the works by poets from different corners of the globe and learn from their work, the style they use or the choice of words. I am very happy to know that you like my work.
fascinating… i love the idea of the temporary deity.
fabulous imagery here.