কংক্রিটের শহর | Bidisha Chakraborty

কংক্রিটে ঘেরা ব্যস্ত শহরে

রক্ত-মাংসের শরীরের ভীড়ে,

আবেগগুলো জমা বর্তমানে

শহরের আস্তাকুঁড়ের ডাস্টবিনে।

সবুজ এখন কংক্রিটের এক কোণে

লজ্জায় মুখ লুকিয়ে।

গরমের প্রচন্ড ত্রাসই হোক

বা শীতের হাড় হিম করা ঠান্ডা;

সূর্যের অভিমান চরমে

এই কংক্রিটের শহরে।

একেক সময় ইচ্ছে করে

নিষ্প্রাণ সম শহরটায়;

আধুনিকতার ছোঁওয়া মুছে ফেলে

প্রাণবন্ত সবুজে ভরিয়ে তুলি শহরটাকে।

কলকল শব্দে শহরের বুক চিরে ,

বয়ে চলুক নির্মল নদী----

সমস্ত আবর্জনার প্রতিবন্ধকতাকে দূরে সরিয়ে।

কংক্রিটের 'প্রাণহীন শহর' এই বদনামকে

একপাশে রেখে আবার----

প্রাণবন্ত হয়ে উঠুক সবার প্রিয় শহরটা।

আবেগগুলো আবার শহরতলীর

মানুষগুলোর মনে ঘাঁটি গেড়ে বসুক আগের মতো।

প্রাণবন্ত হয়ে উঠুক;

সবার প্রিয় শহরটা আগের মতো।

ਸੀਰਤ | Nazia Parveen

ਸੂਰਤ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਦਿਖੀ ਨਹੀਂ,

ਸੀਰਤ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਲੱਭ ਗਈ,

ਉਹ ਰੱਬ ਵਰਗੀ ਸੀ,

ਰੂਹ ਮੇਰੀ ਵੀ ਕੰਬ ਗਈ,

ਉਹਨੂੰ ਦੇਖਕੇ ਠੰਡ ਵੀ ਖੰਗ ਗਈ।

ਜਦੋਂ ਮੈ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਓ ਨਜਰ ਮਾਰੀ,

ਉਹਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਖੋਲੀ ਬਾਰੀ,

ਮੈ ਦੇਖਾ ਦੇਖ ਦਾ ਹੀ ਰਹਿ ਗਿਆ,

ਮੇਰਾ ਦਿਲ ਉਹਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ 'ਚ,

ਵਹਿ ਗਿਆ,

ਮੇਰੇ ਬੁੱਲਾ ਦਾ ਹਾਸਾ ਉਥੇ ਹੀ,

ਢਹਿ ਗਿਆ।

ਉਹਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ'ਚ,

ਬੇਘਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ,

ਮੇਰੇ ਦਿਲ ਦਾ ਸਹਿਰ ਰਹਿ ਗਿਆ,

ਬੇਦਾਗ ਦਿਲ ਸੀ ਸਾਡਾ,

ਉਹਦੀ ਆਮਦ ਨਾਲ,

ਉਹ ਵੀ ਇਛਕੇ ਦੇ ਰਾਹ ਪੈ ਗਿਆ ।

ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਸੀ,

ਸਾਡੇ ਬੁੱਲਾ ਦੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਬਣ ਗਈ,

ਸੋਚਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਸੀ,

ਉਮੀਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ,

ਪਰ ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ,

ਉਹ ਇਛਕੇ ਦੀ ਟਾਹਣੀ ਬਣ ਗਈ।

ਮੇਰੀਆਂ ਲਿਖਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਵਾਹ ਬਣ ਜਾ,

ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਾਰੀ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਚੰਗੀ ਲੱਗੇ,

ਮੈ ਚਾਹਾ,

ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰੀ ਉਹ ਨਿਗਾ ਬਣ ਜਾ।

Spasms of Love | Aarushi Chaturvedi

The sunflower of her madness,

And the poppies of his crimson heart

Crossed paths at one of the winding roads

Where love was cornered from the very start.

One spoke of fallen constellations,

And the other of stealthy confabulations

But none of them laid their eyes on the buds of love

That started to grow between those ferns of tribulations.

Smiles were exchanged and songs were sung,

Of lovers that each cherished in the wilderness of their hearts.

Alas! the sun never shone upon the heaviness of those two

Hapless beings born to depart.

Nights were lost and days were passed ,

In constant merriment of something

That both knew would never last.

This growing and steadfast love

Soon became a memoir of their travelled past.

Moments and places and memories were marked

Between two souls who were always close, yet too apart.

The angels never smiled ,and the demons always laughed

At the intricacies of their innocent

faces and idiosyncratic hearts.

Sculpted Flaws | Sadiya Zakir Boga

I ain't flawless but my flaws are well sculpt,

I know how to deal not everyone knows what i feel,

Days pass like blur, bluring my life for fear,

My strength, my weakness is just what appears,

There are deep scars that i hide well,

No one to dig or to dwell,

I have built my walls like snail in shell,

So nobody knows i go through heaven or hell,

Because i ain't flawless but my flaws are well sculpt,

I know how to hide tears and gain,

It let me feel both pleasure and pain,

No, no i don't want fame,

But my life is brutal and winning game,

Even if it brings painful thought,

I won't lose no matter what,

Cuz i ain't flawless but my flaws are well sculpt,

People see me smile but thats facade,

I get hurt , i cry which let me feel light,

But no one to support or to hug me tight,

No one to guide or see me struggle and fight,

It's just darkness of night and hope for bright that leads me to slumber of next daylight,

Because i ain't flawless but my flaws are well sculpt.

You and I | Siddhi Varma

It's been a while since we've met,

The hardest thing now to get

Is the charming smile of yours

which was a daily dose

Of affection that I felt

which made the pain melt

And wasn't I able to express what I felt

Is the thing till date I regret

But whatever happened,

happened somewhat right cause our end for sure is a plight.

It's fair enough to be where the positions we are now in

But how can I forget that face smilin'

On the silliest of the thing I did

Just by your affection amid

Remember the 1st never have I Ever game with you

when there was no acquaintance between me & you.

I never got in my element with any other than you

Nor I wanted to be into.

Cause the inner me was scared

of the judgment People prepared.

Considering me being me,

I didn't let myself free.

Indeed t'was the biggest mistake of mine,

which didn't make me feel fine

Thanks to you for meeting me in high school

The strangers of yesterday,

Turned up as best friends of today.

Yes, strangers referring you and me,

which later made my face light up with glee

I was sick and tired of losing friends

I wanted one throughout until the end.

Thank you for being that important to me once

Can never forget those happening months.

Then at end of the year

when nothing between us was clear

I saw much more than a best friend in you

which I didn't knew

so Easily you'll screw

Y'all

Later like water from hands he slipped.

Wherein I wished each day to be skipped

Left nothing no footprints in the sand,

Where everything for me became bland.

But, Thanks for meeting me,

waiting still for someone like thee,

But surely not thee!!

Who are you? | Bindiya Bedi Charan Noronha

The fluid Identity

As I inch closer to myself

Doubts assail me

Persuasion to be authentic fails

Whenever I look in the mirror

Scattered memories draw a new face

The body perfect is

Alien to the inner collapse

The confused self alternates

Between past, present

I shiver at the strangeness of it

Will a mask stick to my face one day?

Will my qualms rob me of my real identity of

The Buddha hiding within

Someone then may ask

That dreaded question

Who is the real you?

Kidnapped by perceptions

My fluid mind swims haywire

Never belonging

I look at my face in the mirror to

Find my voice, to speak up

My eyes shine, and my heart tries to

Reconcile the body and mind

Wading through the split personalities

I fight the quagmire of fears

My face is mine after-all

A mirror to my soul

I must defeat

The existential crisis

Chaos will reemerge to

Befool me in the maze of

My fluid identity

I will fight with inner darkness to

Defeat the turmoil and

Bring out my incandescent light

friendship or pretense? | Titiksha Sampath

the whispers grow intense by the second

sending shivers down my spine

they're talking (am I the topic?)

we laughed at each other's jokes not long ago

two hours later and it's down to

empty stares, cold smiles and unspoken words

what's wrong (you ask)

what's wrong (literally my question)

nothing (everything)

nothing (am I losing my mind?)

the last few pages of my journal

nervously scribbled reminders

breathe

breathe

breathe

am I delusional?

the air I reminded myself to breathe in

is filling my lungs with lies and hatred

the blood in my heart is contaminated

and i decide, before (it) they kill(s) me

I need to cut them out of my heart.

have never been the one to do good with crowds

nevertheless I tried so hard to fit

but I never belonged in your puzzle

so I cut pieces of myself to find a place for me

until I couldn't identify who I was anymore

the bruises from where I cut myself

bled until there was no blood left

and my body is purple

darker than the bruises left behind

and my body is purple

like the poison that replaced my blood

now they're at my funeral

white roses in their hands

but my eyes spot the thorns

thorns I believed I deserved

everyone is in black

black the colour of my coffin

black the colour of their hearts

but I see them in red

the blood that drained out of me

is now smeared all over them

dripping down their fingertips

and I realize

they cut my heart out

before I could cut them out of my heart.

Half empty always | Akshay Kumar

To feel or to fear, that is the question

To heal the mind with every beating heart

Or to kneel before the mind which walks on

the path of infinite miles for unheard possibilities

To climb high or to fall deep

In miles of dark space

hoping for a calm lake

as clean as cold air;

Its art, feels the known air

ah that's the rub,

centred, so calming, you hold your breathing

your muscles, your thoughts, your moments, your cage, your space, you hold

To remember, to reminisce whenever you can

Without the true real production of this dramatic union

this unfortunate artistic action comedy

on a moving stage with ever-growing thrust

through fire within and without us

For.. 3.. to.. 1

Barging lives calling space

no faces, still traces of myself already floating as much as anyone's

the high places in this water drunk mirror

standing on ahead

hands still down but not so heavy

gently, against gravity merely for one's self

meeting gravity in wider space:wiser

the maze, confused between

Does she feel or does she believe?

Is it rhyme or reason?

takes or opinions?

a break? or now broke at last?

At this stage our understanding,

our unfair actions over fair gentle comedy

the portrait of stretched lips,

the reach of ones heart,

the landscape of breathing eyes,

the vision of ancient entities,

such a traveller merging himself with worlds of all & world of ones

None but it's own,

is pairing with world's despair

Know, it's not gentle, it's not fair

the act of righteousness has pockets for both good and bad

but the depth of the body it is supposed to hold is sewn, just as love

not any form of love but just love

it's that body requiring warmth

it's that love that is its warmth

it's a thread that is its pain and peace

the pocket of this wisdom would have to shortlist his desires in this world

learnt while keeping an open eye and closed while guiding the path

An optimism is with which this glass is made and our eyes, our wants, our efforts, our confidence & self belief is keeping the mirror made of water

half-empty always

ਮੇਰੀ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਦਾਦੀ | Aanchal Verma

ਬਾਰੀ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਦੇਖਦੇ ਸੀ ਹੁੰਦੇ

ਸਾਨੂੰ ਸਕੂਲ ਤੋਂ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਨੂੰ

ਲਾਡੀ ਪਾਰੀ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਸੀ

ਪਿਆਰ ਆਪਣਾ ਜਤਾਉਣ ਨੂੰ

ਭਾਵੇਂ ਤੁਰਨਾ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਬੜਾ

ਪਰ ਰੋਟੀ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਸੀ

ਟੀ.ਵੀ. ਦੇਖਨ ਦਾ ਸੀ ਚਸਕਾ ਬੜਾ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਲਗਾ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਸੀ

ਲੁਕਾ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਰਿਮੋਟ ਜਦੋਂ ਮੈਂ

ਰੌਲਾ ਪਾ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਸੀ

ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਬੱਚੇ ਬਣ ਜਾਣਾ

ਵੱਡਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਿੰਮਤ ਸੀ

ਕਈ ਸਾਰੇ ਸੀ ਰੋਗ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ

ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਹੱਸਦੇ ਹੀ ਰਹਿਣਾ

ਇਹ ਬੱਚੇ ਨੇ ਮੇਰੀਆਂ ਰੌਣਕਾਂ

ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਇਹ ਕਹਿਣਾ

ਮਾਪਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਦੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਸੀ

ਜਦੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਕਿਤੇ ਉਹ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸੀ

ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਭਰੋਸੇ ਹੀ ਦਾਦੀ ਜੀ

ਬੱਚੇ ਉਹ ਛੱਡ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸੀ

ਸਿਆਣਪ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਕਿਨੀ ਹੀ ਸਾਨੂੰ

ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਦੱਸਦੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਸੀ

ਚਾਅ ਬੜਾ ਸੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਜਦੋਂ

ਛੁੱਟੀਆਂ ਚ ਬੱਚੇ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਸੀ

ਮੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਸੀ ਦੇਖਦੇ ਕਈ ਸੁਪਨੇ

ਅੱਜ ਉਹ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਹੋ ਗਏ

ਨੀਂਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਆਉਂਦੀ ਰਾਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ

ਅੱਜ ਸਦਾ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਸੌਂ ਗਏ

ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਬੱਸ ਮੈਂ ਮਿਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ

ਕੁਝ ਹੋਰ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਰ ਜਾਂਦਾ

ਠੰਡ ਪੈਂਦੀ ਸੀ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ

ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਫਿਰ ਤੋਂ ਗੱਲ ਮਿਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ

ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ ਸੱਭ ਨੂੰ

ਛੱਡ ਗਏ ਨੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਘਰ

ਇਹ ਹੀ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ

ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਪਾਉਣ ਰੱਬ ਦੇ ਘਰ

ਹੁਣ ਤਕਲੀਫ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੀ ਇਨਾਂ ਜਾਦੇ

ਕਿ ਪੀੜ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਜਰੀ

ਆਖਰੀ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਰਹੇ ਦਾਦੀ ਜੀ

ਭੋਲੂ, ਮੇਰੀ ਫ਼ਿਕਰ ਨਾ ਕਰੀਂ

ਬੇਟੇ, ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰੀ ਫ਼ਿਕਰ ਨਾਂ ਕਰੀਂ ।

What if I am a girl? | Suhani

WHAT IF I AM A GIRL?

AM I NOT HUMAN?

CAN'T I BE TREATED WELL?

I ALWAYS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MYSELF,

I DON'T GET ANYTHING EASILY,

YET BOYS ARE THE TOUGH ONES.

WHY SHOULD I DEPEND ON A MAN?

I HAVE A POTENTIAL OF MY OWN.

MOM DOESN'T LISTEN,

I SHOULD LEARN WHAT SHE KNOWS.

BOYS NEVER GROW,

BUT GIRLS SHOULD BE LADIES.

I HAVE TO COOK,

I CAN'T BE IDLE.

I CAN'T GAIN WEIGHT,

AS I AM A GIRL AND SHOULD LOOK THE PART.

I HAVE TO BE SILENT,

AND BE SOMEONE'S ARM CANDY.

HEY MOM,

LISTEN,IF YOU WANNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE;

YOU STILL CAN.

JUST DON'T TEACH ME ONLY WHAT YOU LEARNT;

INSTEAD,

LET ME SPREAD MY WINGS,

LET ME BE MYSELF,

NOT JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF PITY.

Mai ek beti hun | Garvita Jain

हर बेटी अच्छी नहीं होती ये मै समझती हूं,

पर हर बेटा अच्छा है ये भी तो मत कहो

अच्छे और बुरे में तो फर्क करना तुमने ही सिखाया है,

बस अब लडका लडकी में फर्क करना तो बंद करो

डर तो मुझे भी रात में अकेले सड़क पर चलते हुए लगता है,

क्योंकि मैं लड़की हूं इसलिए नहीं ,

क्योंकि मेरे आस पास शायद लड़के हैं जिन्हें किसी से डर नहीं लग रहा

बचपन से ही लड़कियों को डरा डरा कर बड़ा करते हैं की बाहर मत जाओ, अगर किसीने छेड़ दिया तो

ऐसे कपड़े मत पहनो, किसीने टच कर दिया तो

गाली मत दो, किसीने सुन लिया तो

लडको से ज्यादा बात मत करो, किसीने देख लिया तो

अकेले मत जाओ, किसीने किडनैप कर लिया तो

ज्यादा हस हस कर बात मत करो,

किसीने गलत समझ लिया तो

रात को बाहर मत निकलो, रेप (rape) हो गया तो

उनके मुताबिक आप कुछ मत करो सिर्फ शर्म का पल्लू ओडो और एक ऐसे बंदे से शादी कर लो जिससे आप ढंग से जानते नही पहचानते नही और चुप चाप मुंह बन्द कर लो

एक नौकरानी की तरह घर का सारा काम करो, उनके ताने सुनो फिर भी मुंह से चूं आवाज ना निकलो

ये सब ना भी हो पर जज करना नहीं छोड़ेंगे लोग

लड़की ज्यादा खूबसूरत हो तो पक्का उसका चक्कर चल रहा होगा

लड़की अच्छी नही दिखती तो अब इससे शादी कोन करेगा

ऐसे ताने सुन सुन कर तंग हो जाती हैं

फिर भी इग्नोर करना सीख ही जाती हैं

मैं अभी भी नही कहूंगी की सारे लड़के बुरे होते हैं

पर कोई ऐसा भी नही पता जो इतना अच्छा हो

कहते हैं कि लड़की के लिए सबसे बेस्ट कॉम्प्लीमेंट होता है जब उससे कोई कहे की आज तुम बिलकुल अपने पिता की परछाई लग रही हो पर मेरे लिए ये कॉम्प्लीमेंट नही एक इंसल्ट है और एक ऐसी चीज है जो मै कभी नही चाहती...

मेरा साया ऊं सा नहीं हो सकता।

नहीं....

Shabaash | Ankita Tewari

This poem intends to signify importance of word " Shabaash" for any individual.How just one shabaash can motivate any performer and increases his/ her capabilities with leaps and bounds.

" Shabaash"

"Mana ki hazaar khamiyan hongi mere kaam mai,

par tum un khamiyon ko nazar andaaz kar detey ,

aur bas ek baar 'Shabaash 'keh detey.

Mai talaab se nadi ban jaati ,

agar tum meri kabiliyat par vishwas rakh letey,

aur bas ek baar 'Shabaash' keh detey.

Mere prayason ko na dhikkaar kar, tum apney udaar honey ka parichay de detey,

aur bas ek baar 'Shabaash' keh detey.

Mai aasmaan mai bina pankh udaan bhar leti,

Sumeru parvat tumhare charano mai arpit kar deti,

samudra mai mishri ghol deti,

Mrit shareer mai dam bhar deti,

Yadi tum mujhe todi si izzat se Nawaz detey,

aur bas ek baar khuley mann se 'Shabaash' keh detey , 'Shabaash' keh detey."

In case we don't get 'Shabaash' from anyone or anywhere else in such a scenario we need to self motivate ourself instead of getting depressed or demotivated.

" Zindagi mai aagey badhna mainey seekh liya hai,

Khud ko naseehatein de k mainey chalna seekh liya hai,

Ab toh kaal bhi mujhse katrata hai,

mere adamya sahas se yum bhi ghabrata hai,

Mujhko mujh mai he ugta hua Suraj nazar ata hai,

Isne mere andar k andhkaar ko mita diya hai,

Aur khud se he khud ko 'Shabaash' kehna sekha diya hai,

'Shabaash' kehna sekha diya hai."

Dhanyawad

September | Shraddha Mathur

I keep dried flowers on my porch

Whole ones, some only petals

Some stolen from my neighbour's overgrown bush

It is an offering to those who live

On the other side of this world

September makes me think

They can crossover

As the sun slowly retreats

And darkness takes over

Magic blooms in every bud

It rises from every leaf that falls

And settles down with cold air

On the pavement it enters the shops

Ruffles my hair and rests on my bosom

Woven in the sleeves of my beige cardigan

Laced with the scent of dried flowers

Ambeck | Narinder Bajwa

Why do I long to see her again once more,

Even more so when she pretends to ignore.

Her face rises like full moon in my head,

And I soak in that glow gasping for breath.

My heart is flooded in her very presence,

With the tsunami of her graceful essence.

This vague drowning feeling lingers strong,

Even after she in silence gone away for long.

I feel her sweet fragrance deep and awesome,

My aching heart too wants to tenderly blossom.

Her memory brings this cold and deep sigh,

And I hold tears back from my drizzly eye.

I can smell her love in flowers and floret,

It ascends me to a place I will never forget.

I hear the birds chirp on a glade of grass,

As if they are talking to me on her behalf.

I am yearning to see and feel her being,

Like the nostalgic gust of wind in spring.

I want to be with her to feel carelessly free,

As eagerly a river wants to meet the sea.

I care for her like the stem of the lotus flower,

which always keeps it above the murky water.

As infinite waters of a deep river calmly flows,

On tide of time my aching longing for her grows.

Peace | Atulya Akshara

Slowly, like drifting fogs,

Pacing through bustling streets,

Through stranded stations,

to numerous destinations,

You, I seek.

In city kights, being washed in the rain,

Under umbrellas, that weep,

When, the Sun goes to sleep,

You, I seek.

In abondoned mansions and the solitary sorrows,

The dancing dead,

Had the eyes that said,

You, I seek.

And, so wherever I may be,

In everything I ever see,

I find you smiling back at me,

I find my piece, I find my peace.

A Reason To Smile | Priyanka Chetal Sharma

She drowned in her worries

She soaked in her fears

Isn’t there anyone she thought

Who patiently hears?

She looked around,

She searched for someone

Someone she could run to

When things went wrong

Someone she could cry with

For hours along

But wait, did she look hard enough?

Did she expect too much?

Well, she found lots of ears

Ready to listen

But were they enough to heal?

How did that make her feel?

Then was the time she stood in front of a mirror

Asking why do tears still flow my dear

As she wiped her own tear

She noticed what curbed her own fear

That was the moment, she found everything she was looking for

Every friend she had ever hoped for

Is this it she asked herself?

All this while when I searched for smiles

I only had to travel an internal mile?

She was confused

She was elated

A sense of freedom is what she related

Not to be dependent, Not to be searching

Creating her own reasons

Marching her own way

I am the reason for my happiness is all she had to say!

Life in Nutshell | Vishnu Kumar

Life is a lesson need to learn,

Beware of obstacles need to overcome;

Challenges are many need to face,

Progress is gradual need to take rest.

Tirelessly don't work like ass,

Make yourself useful don't become trash;

See inner beauty of self don't be fool,

Touch the soul naturally try to be so cool.

To make it better,

No need to thoughtful utter;

One step at a time takes us closer,

No point of joining wrecker.

Abundance of goodness surmount obstacles,

Myriad of hopes lead pinnacles;

Passel of companions pave miracles,

Tons of affection make life encircles.

It's too short need to enjoy full,

Make innerself happy to be so cool;

Rise whenever you fall,

Again to see the world glory all.

Try hard doesn't matter things will work or not,

Pacify yourself having support or not;

Enjoy every moment of life is the key to be happy,

Never let yourself down until you get life trophy.

Let's Bring The Humanity Back | Avantika Chandail

What does that mean to you?

It's all about your thoughts

and the deeds that you do.

Stand up for what belongs to you,

but that doesn't mean to misuse the freedom ,

given to you.

Be the one,who thinks of everyone around you.

Let's bring the humanity back,

That was left in the path,some way back.

Spread humanity everywhere,

Don't put religion,

in our aggressive gear.

Stop!And fight war against the rape,

Please,for God sake.

Don't kill the animals for your greed,

You are just making the Mother nature bleed.

Be humble and kind,

you never know ,who is suffering this time.

Stop these crimes,

Humans,don't let your greed make you go blind.

Let's bring the humanity back,

That was left in the path,some way back!

The Golden Anniversary | Haimanti Dutta Ray

Mrs. Bose is a quirky person

She’s made of two things –

Self doubt and self indulgence.

Mr. Bose is a careless man

Always fritting away her love – well, apparently

Like one shoves away fallen autumn leaves.

Marriage and children came like the seasons

Not out of the ordinary –

Mrs. Bose admires herself in the mirror

As one looks at a flower from all sides –

Mr. Bose, meanwhile, busies himself with automobiles

They look different and divergent ways,

Age came to them following laws of nature.

Today, as they celebrate the golden year of togetherness

Past and present, coalesce into the future – their progeny.

Cinematic reels of memory unfurl

Of chance meetings and rendezvous

Of happiness shared and miseries halved –

They held hands under falling light of the sun

Mrs. Bose held Mr. Bose close to her heart

When afraid in the dark –

Demons and goblins had come chasing,

Yet something was amiss in their lives

They’d never said a “I love you” to each other.

Apparition of life | Vaidehi Purohit

The sunlight fading away , whenever I wanted it to stay

Leaving the darkness behind

Which encapsulated me as I passed the time

The darkness is ominous

I feel it creeping inside me

Taking over my mind , body and soul

The night turns stormy with thunders aloud

As if they are telling me something through the cloud

I try to cover my ears but the thunder whispers

Something I could never understand

The reality desolving in the sand

As the rain starts with the thunder

I just stand there and shudder

It feels as if it's my death time now

As I look towards the sky and it growls

I stand there still waiting for the rain to drown me or for the thunder to burn me alive

For my death,I strive

The thunder intensifies and so does the rain,as I feel all the pain

I feel relieved as I move towards death

But who knew it wasn't my last breath

I was still in the mortal world

But now I understood the thunders word

Death is what I wanted,but life is what I needed

Cause every time my wounds bleed,the darkness would strengthen my creed

And the thunders whispers were Something I craved for peace .