If I were ever given a superpower,
I would not ask for flight
Or the arrogance of strength
I would ask to read minds….
I would step quietly into the rooms where
Thoughts are kept hidden,
Where cruelty is not shouted ;but reasoned
Where kindness is absent and
Unkindness rehearses its excuses in the
Soft knowledge of necessity
I would read how a heart learns
To pass the poor without trembling,
Have eyes grow skilled
At the eyes not seeing the weak,
how the voiceless become shadows
So conscience may sleep
I would search for the moment
Small almost innocent
When empathy is postponed,
When suffering is renamed-not my concern
Not to judge
Not to condemn
But to understand
How a human being can wound another
And still believe themselves good
I would read the minds as one reads fate
Heavy with silence , dark with blame
There I would find cruelty
Sitting calmly, like an old familiar sin
And I would try to change it, slowly,
So the world might become gentle,
Where no hand is raised in harm,
Neither against humans nor trembling
Voiceless creatures
Then the world would grow quiet and kind,
A world where hearts choose mercy ,
And peace feels ordinary, like breath.
Ibtisaam Choudhary
Jammu
A Bleak Winter Dawn
A bleak winter dawn
Covered in gauze,
Dripping dewdrops
Bring life to a pause;
The sun hides
Behind the clouds,
Cold winds flow
With grinding sounds;
Snow-clad hills
Turn milky white,
Birds puff their feathers
In the absence of Sunlight;
Roads and vegetation
Houses and lake,
All are frosted
Like a Christmas cake;
Winter nights grow longer
Beneath crystal-clear sky,
Whilst the Orion constellation
Shines like a bow tie.
Tarandeep Singh(Teacher)
SinghPura, Miran Sahib.
Things as they are
When I viewed life comprehensively,
I existed with sense and balance.
But when I acted in ignorance,
I became a burden-
to myself and to all.
Being human, ever dynamic,
I searched for absoluteness.
That search turned into constant suffering,
for me
and for everyone around me.
But by accepting things as they are,
without losing sight of
sensible living,
I became a blessing-
to myself,
and to all around me.
Ritik Bakshi
Jammu
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