Sing Me A Lullaby
By Subham Chandra Acharya
Jingle - Jungle, the bell over my cradle jingles, As relatives rock my cradle while watching barely a couple of months old,
And the old, loquacious Rinki Aunty would pinch my red rosy cheeks,
And Mischievous Sameer nana (Older brother among odia bramhins) would pinch my little nose, Hoping for me to spring upto action,
And I would! To Cry, and create a ruckus,
To swept off the cradle by you, who'd wrap me in her soft arms,
Embrace me and put me in her lap,
Kiss me on my forehead to comfort me,
Because at that the time Nothing in the world made
sense to me,
Only you
who are my world,
And you'd sing me a lullaby,
"☎Q FIQ¶1 6ml ÂQ FIIRD1, W1¦ 6Q1M 6a UA 6FIQ Qâ☎ ||
(Oh Lady Sleep Personified,
That you are
not here for my Prince,
He is upset).
For me to fall fast asleep.
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Tring - Tring, I'd ride my red bicycle, while clicking
on the bell,
Passing through those old mailboxes on our street,
And Slender Rajesh would follow
colony
me on his old blue
bicycle in an attempt to over take me,
While I'd try to overtake stout Shasank who'd be
ahead of me on
his
green bicycle,
When the fires of my bike would skid suddenly and fall I would,
On the tarmac roads to have a big gash on my arm and a cut on my face,
Withholding my fears as boys don't cry, I'd walk to you after Rajesh's father would drop me home after treating my wounds,
And you'd scold me first, later to embrace me,
To kiss my forehead while you'd put me to bed,
Because at that time nobody in this world understood
me,
Only you
who are my world,
And you'd sing me a lullaby,
"☎Q FQD1 6ml ÂQ FIQD1,
U1ÔQ 6Q1M 60 UN 6FIQ Qâ☎ || For me to fall fast asleep.
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on my back as
Biff - Baff, I'd give feel the punches on my
they hit back,
Hit back after I had told them to mind their own business,
As Bully Ranjit's Abuses couldn't get into my mind, And Ipsita ma'am did little to intervene in this small "prattle",
Did little by giving me a sound trashing after I beat Ranjit black and blue as revenge,
Deep inside for me it was a battle with my
and my insecurities,
morals
And you'd scold me first by seeing my wounds,
To appreciate that I had held my ground, Because at that time I felt as if I had nobody else in
this world,
But it was just you
who are my
world,
lullaby,
And you'd sing me a
"AQ FIQD1 6MI ÂQ FIQD1,
U1ÔQ 6Q1M 6A UN 6F1Q Qâ☎ || For me to fall fast asleep.
"Ha Ha Loser" was the voice which with the class roared,
As I flunked the English Test in grade 9th and had to go to remedial,
As everyone had expected me, a hitherto topper, to
me,
fail and fall back,
And Topper Sudha's Sniggers did trigger my anger for she had soared,
While Asif Sir roasted me in front of the entire class for being so dumb,
And I saw you getting insulted in the PTM when sir lambasted me,
And I saw you asking me sternly to keep studying hard for her sake,
And would put me to bed whenever I had stayed up
late at nights,
Because at that time I felt the world to be up
against me,
But it was you who would be for me,
was
And you'd sing me a lullaby,
"☎Q Q1 6ml ☎Q FIRD1,
U1¦ 691m 6A UA 6AIQ Qâ☎ |'
For me to fall fast asleep.
"Better Luck next time" was what the small message below the results read,
The Result for the exam of getting into the N.D.A, the place of my dreams read,
For I had forsaken the wishes of being a doc
techie,
or a
And anyways, my stubbornly patriotic mind couldn't
get it,
Why go abroad and foil away, to work on patients finker metals,
or
When I, a young son of the soil, could stay here and prove his mettle?
And nights of efforts studying the voluminous texts did fail,
And the strenuous physical training failed me as well,
And at the time I thought I was nothing but a failed creation for this world,
But I felt to be at bliss whenever I was with you, my creator,
And you'd sing me a lullaby,
"☎Q FIQD1 6MI AQ FIQD1,
U1¦ 601M 60 UA 6AIQ Qâ☎ ||
For me to fall fast asleep.
"I can't be with you anymore" was what she said when she ended the conversation,
In a cold way, she ended our 2 years long relation,
your
CDS
"It's the fact that you forget I even exist in preparation" was what Ruhani said as she walked
away,
"It's the fact that she found solace in Abhijit in your absence" was her best friend's words that broke heart,
my
And in all those nights I stayed up late to study, I just couldn't focus in her absence,
And soulless I wandered across college, Only getting burnt in seeing your presence,
Because at that time I felt as if my heart had broken,
But in fact how could it be when I was with you?
And you'd sing me a lullaby,
"☎Q FIQD1 6MI AQ FIQD1,
U1¦ 601M 60 UA 6AIQ Qâ☎ || For me to fall fast asleep.
"Cadet, Left Right Left" where what the drill instructor's voice roared through at the IMA,
As the rigor of the first few days of Coming here took over the ecstacy of getting selected in the CDS, And the constant faunts by Instructor Kalia kept getting on my mind,
"Was I even worth in the army?", I kept asking myself as I foiled through the dirt,
I'd miss my comfortable mattress and video games in this tough situation,
Because at that time even though the pain of this process was unbearable,
The pain of our separation was what kept breaking
me,
And in your memory, I'd sing to myself a lullaby, "☎Q FIQD1 6MI AQ FIRD1,
21¦ 691M 60 UA 6FQ Qâ☎ |"
For me to fall fast asleep.
"Bang-Bang-Bang", the walls of the corridor
thundered with the gunshots,
"Boom" as another grenade exploded in order to take
my team out,
"We'll take over the nation, taking out none who stand in our way" was what the Leader of the terrorist group proclaimed on Television as he led those maniacs to attack the hotel in the heart of the city,
"Strike Through their hearts, Captain! Take out
who dares attack our nation"
anyone
Because at that time I knew I wouldn't be with you in my last breath,
But I'd always visualise you smiling looking at me than crying over my body,
And painfully I'd smile, to sing myself a lullaby, "AQ Q1 6MI AQ AQ1,
U1ÔQ 691☎ 6A UA 6AIQ Qâ☎ |'
For me to fall asleep finally.
By Subham Chandra Acharya
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