Inner Voice

Eternal Sadness

What’s this eternal sadness that never ends?

Winters turn to summers, but the warmth never comes.

Reminiscence of past never finds amends.

Sun sets, night falls, yet the dawn never comes.

Is it a yearning for the olden days?

Or a past resentment that softly stays?

Is it the autumn maple’s last frays?

Or robin pining for a spring that forever stays?

Was the past real, or just a dreamy haze?

Is this instant lingering, or already a turned page?

Can youth be relived, or casted even a distant gaze?

Is this sadness but nostalgia, a lament for a faded age?

Alas! For man, it seems – autumn always spurns its call.

Memories sprout, spring wanes, yet the leaves never fall.

In death perhaps the memories would, yield to a lasting fall.

Or indeed I never wanted, this eternal sadness to end at all.

Priyanka Sharma

(Student at University of Delhi)

An Atheist

To some you give more than enough,

To some you even deny basic needs,

like Kapada, Roti, aur Makaan,

Then YOU make both the sections

of society i.e. haves and have nots

to fight among themselves for

survival.

You while sitting on the top of the

world rejoices on their infighting.

If that Supreme Power is called

GOD, then I am better to be

an Atheist.

Vijay Singh Jamwal

Durga Nagar(Bantalab)

Jammu

CHANGE BUT POSITIVELY

People change, but not always for the best,

Some grow jealous, and let envy fest.

Friends turn to enemies, with two-faced guile,

Their hearts consumed by resentment's vile.

But I won't grow that way, I won't change my heart,

If I start to falter, I'll play a brand new start.

I'll stop and reflect, and choose a different path,

One that leads to kindness, and love that lasts.

For I know that true growth, comes from within,

And doesn't involve, hurting others to win.

So I'll stay rooted, in empathy and love,

And won't let negativity, sent from above.

If people change, and become unkind,

I'll still choose compassion, and leave the hate behind.

For I know that's not, the way to be,

And I'll always strive, to be a better me.

PRECIOUS RAINA

PRESENTATION CONVENT SCHOOL