Unveiling the Layers of Life: The Hidden Depths in P.K. Deb’s Poem “Biography”
Ever stopped to wonder why life feels like a relentless carousel spinning us through the phases of childhood, youth, and old age? This poem captures that dizzying ride—the clingy dependence of childhood, the unruly thunder of youth galloping fearlessly through storms, and the slow, quiet fade into old age, where pride and strength quietly bow out. It’s fascinating how each phase demands its own unique dance—learning, earning, and eventually… effacing. I mean, who hasn’t felt the sting of being controlled as a kid, the wild, untamed surge of youth, or the mellow surrender of later years? This piece pulls at those universal strings with a poignancy that lingers—mixing raw vitality with the bittersweet acceptance of time’s march. Dive in, you might just find a mirror reflecting your own journey in these vivid verses.

The childhood, the youth and the old age
The ages to learn, earn and efface.
An age of dependence the childhood is
Compelled to spend on other’s wish
Encircled with books and prohibitions
Controlled and regulated all its actions.
The earth rotates with its revolution
And a youth grows up in evolution
Domestically wild he is in nature,
An incarnation with fearless gesture.
He is a riddle-less galloping horse
Fond of leaping to summit and endorse
The triumph of his purity and vitality
But criticised merely for its prodigality.
Synonymous to him- tied or untied,
He runs with storm keeping aside
An obstruction may imperil his life
But he smiles at it only to gibe.
Accumulates experiences and resources
Shares with whom he loves and graces
Rules his world for long time and term
And surrenders when he becomes infirm
The old age is the heart less age of effacing
Prides and contumacy start vanishing
The strength gets lost and amazed
And the biography is stopped and effaced.
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