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O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!!

Today I saw, oh, quite the sight,
A man on a pole, dressed in black-tight.
Crowds gathered, police gave a shout,
“What’s your name? What’s this about?”

He stood tall, his voice so deep,
“I am Batman,” made the crowd leap.
A silence fell, then laughter grew,
Till another yelled, “I’m Batman too!”

Each man then puffed their chest in pride,
“I’m the hero,” they all replied.
From pole to street, the claim was grand,
Each one a savior of this land.

Yet as the scene turned to delight,
We all forgot the true dark knight.
For Batman isn’t just a name—
It’s every man’s secret, heroic claim.

By Vedanta Anagha (Mayank Tripathi)
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!!

I see you going away from the coffee table, I only remember your back. I forget your face. I only have memories of that moving away.

You said you love the Rain, but you opened your Umbrella.

You said you love the wind, but you closed the Windows.

You said you love the Sun, but you ran for Shade.

As the same way, when you say you love me, I am only afraid.
The lines are stolen from a great writer The Franz Kafka. I try to write by my self this piece in my own way.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!!

A piece of mine, that looks so fine,
Yet I never mattered in the fragile line.
Let them paint me cruel, unworthified-
A villain crafted by their own design.

They tell the tail in the black and white,
While casting shadows in the light.
But I just want to say goodbye-
No exit applause, no final bow, no crowd-defined.

I murdered myself to end this night,
Just to see you happy, see you smile
-even the cloud cloud feel it right.
I'm not wrong, I was cast as the  villain,
Because it's easier to call you divine.

The truth unfolds, still lost in time,
And maybe it's simpler-
To be the villain than explain what's behind.

By Vedanta Anagha (Mayank Tripathi)
I created the poem but not able to get it right, trying to talk with me in the fragile line.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!!

I am a god and this world I made,
Where light once danced and dreams once played.
There's a house where a little boy stayed.
A little boy called out my name,
Wishing for more than just normal worldly game.

I held his hand while he lay asleep,
I called to him from slumber deep.
I saw his face, so pale and still,
When he opens his eyes and saw me,
And asked, "Are you the god who will?"

I simply nodded, lost in graze.
"Can you help?" , He softly said.
A voice so faint, so filled with dread.

But I, the poorest of all-
I can't bestow what mortal call.
A piece of soul, or gift of gold,
My power faint, my hand grown cold.

He hoped in me-I let him down,
A god in shame, without a crown.
Tears ran wild, I gripped his hand,
He asked again to understand:

"Can you help me, make me sound?
A picture of me music around."
But I stood silent, weak, and torn.
The second passed; his eyes grew still.

I stood in silence, felt the chill,
I turned away, my heart like lead.
I could not steal him back from dead.

No breath to give, no life to lend,
Not even comfort at the end.
A fading god with empty hand.
Too weak to help, to understand.

I am the poorest god who holds no power,
To give his own soul in that final hour.
I am that God who failed the boy's last plea,
To change the script and set him free.

By Vedanta Anagha (Mayank Tripathi)
This poem I created is just to question you all that, WHY WE WORSHIP A GOD HOW CAN'T EVER CHANGE ANYONES LAST FUTURE?
IF THIS HAPPED TO REAL LIFE, IF GOD HAVE NO POWER TO CHANGE ANY THING, SO YOU GOING TO WORSHIP HIM AS GOD?
This poem I give to every person how are unable to save there love ones, they just stand there helpless, hopeless.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!!

Walking under the moon, wishing for you,
In the still of the night, my heart beats for you.
You may be my house, a shelter so strong.
But I am your home, where you truly belong.

By Vedanta Anagha (Mayank Tripathi)
This poem is not that big like other poems are, but for me its a soul from my heart. Every word belongs to, they are mine. And the last two line may be seems you normal in poetry, but if yo u try to look under the words of imagination, you able to understand that, this line are deep. And if you think, Why I am telling so much about that? Because, it takes me more than 2 day to just write this two lines for me.

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