Shishukunj

World War I

Look at the pictures of World War I,
Everyone can hear the shots of guns.
Everyone is leaving their places,
With fear in hearts and on their places,
Everyone is full of strife,
In a hurry to save their lives.
The world is full of fights and battles,
There is bloodshed filling buckets and bottles.
Everyone is trying to save
Their family members and best friends,
As everybody is thinking
That the world is going to end.
Everyone is alarmed,
As a common man is always unarmed.
The world is fighting over land, gold and money
but we common people are concerned with harmony
Why doesn’t the world understand?
All we need is to walk hand in hand.

A Lesson Giving Day

When I set out with my chariot
I planned to reach the Marriott
But it started raining heavily
And I started thinking novelly.

The wheels were truly stuck
The chariot was tuck with mud
Afraid of getting thunderstruck
That time I wished for luck

There were rainstorms everywhere
The people started running anywhere
Nobody was happy but
I saw the Sun somewhere

When you suffer a lot, consider that happiness is closest
For when you will be happy, sadness will be remotest
The growth of happiness is slow
Just refocus and you will glow!

The Charioteer’s Challenging Journey

It was a rainy day,
The Charioteer rode on without any delay.
The umbrellas were open, the sky was dense,
The people looked pale and tense.

The Charioteer was longing for something,
It was his favorite weather – spring.
Spring had gorgeous flowers and giggling children playing in the park,
He loathed the monsoon weather,
As it soon became dark.

It was difficult for him to ride,
As the rain increased because of its pride.
Soon, a match started between the charioteer and the rain,
The charioteer was hard working, but the rain was proud because it
could flip a train.

The charioteer was determined to reach his goal,
But the Earth was filled with water, due to the rain, as a big bowl.
The wheels started to do rock and roll,
It seemed as if the rain had started taking an expensive toll.

The rain now had become quite pleased with itself,
And now it had been laughing like an elf.
The wind now got annoyed,
So the clouds that were causing the rain got destroyed.

The sun shone out and its rays touched the charioteer,
Causing to end the problems he had to bear.
“Never give up or never give out,
Always stay strong and stout”.

Beat the Heat

I was walking down a street,
With a carriage fleet,
The sun was brightly shining,
People were whining,
When things got crazy,
The sky went hazy.

Everyone looked for shade,
I saw the sky’s shade,
It was deep blue,
Rain was coming through.

Then lightning struck,
Everyone ducked,
All ran away like mad,
But I was glad.

Oh! I was there, drenched till my soul,
I looked around to make sure I was alone,
Then I was dancing and screaming and laughing,
The pitter-patter rain was beating.
My day had been made,
My journey was delayed,
Yet my joy was inextinguishable,
My happiness was distinguishable.

It then stopped,
The road was mopped,
The street filled again soon,
Still that time was a boon.

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The Rain

The rain blasts down on the cracked earth,
Quenching humanity’s water dearth.

The refreshing drops make flowers bloom
At the sight of these blossoms, children swoon.

The raindrops collect on the dainty leaves,
Petrichor emerges when into the ground water seeps.

Thunder booms across the sky
The ambience is beautiful, you can’t deny.

The charioteer cares for none of this
This rain is anything but bliss.

People with umbrellas strut the streets
While people with none run like athletes

Children get wet in the rain
Their parents try to stop them in vain

Rain is nature’s beautiful song,
And to this song we dance along.

Shadings

Life

Life is a crazy ride,
Just moving side by side.
Life is gone within the wink of an eye,
No matter when and where we die.

Life, believe me is not a dream,
That is not bitter as neem.
Life has ups and downs,
But never greet it with frowns.

God has given life to us,
Do not let it rust.
Our life is not just for us alone,
But for the world to own.

Life tastes sweet, salty, sour, bitter,
But you should always shine like glitter.
Life will come to an end one day,
So say all the things your heart wants to say.

A Dream on Mars

The best astronauts – Darcy Smith and Claudia Brown were again trying to get to Mars. They had their oxygen cylinders and heavy suits on their body. “Are we really going to walk on Mars?” “Yes, a big yes, Darcy,” replied Claudia. The year was 2030.

For over 10 years both Darcy and Claudia had been researching about Mars. As they landed, they felt their dream had come true and both were ready for experiments and inspections. They were there looking for any clue they could find.

“Look I have found something!” said Darcy. “What is it?” Claudia rushed inside a little cave and found Darcy staring at a human skeleton. She could also see a wall on which were inscribed four words….

“GIVE JUSTICE TO IT”

That was just frightening. What justice, when justice, how justice. Couldn’t find that. The thing which was annoying was – ‘What are we going to do?’ They thought for a moment—Justice to a skeleton, why? Just then they saw a note written on an iron block in golden letters-

How to get back home:

First take the shining book from the cave and lay it on the ground. Open it to page 11 and write your love to me and mention the names of your beloved family. Then press your finger on the page and throw away all the pages out of the planet except the page on which you have written.

Your great-great grandfather.

This was highly mysterious. Whose great-great grandfather? Why did he want to get his grandchild home. Where was home? Now they were confused but not waiting a single minute, they took the shining book and turned to page 11 as given in the instructions. And to their astonishment, the page had been filled up! They also found a fingerprint, pressed in blue ink. They threw all the pages except the one on which something was written, maybe that would be love written to the grandfather and the mention of the names of someone’s family members. Whose family? “Maybe that person’s who was lying in the cave.” said Darcy. But what justice? OH! It was so confusing but just then a loud crackling sound came from a door which opened near them.

An old man came out and said “Hello”. It was indeed shocking for the astronauts, to find an old man living on Mars.

It was like both Darcy and Claudia had been waiting for this moment but they didn’t actually know! They were welcomed into the magnificent house with some hot soup and creamy refros. Refros was a dish, as the old man informed them, a common food that they would make almost every day in the evening. “This would keep us warm and healthy and keep us fit”, the old man said. After refreshing themselves, they finally asked the old man’s name and how he lived on Mars.

He replied, “My name’s Luis Williams and I live here because my ancestors, who lived billions of years ago, found some technology which could help us survive underground on Mars.”

“Sir Luis, was the person whose skeleton lay in the cave, your grandchild?” asked Claudia. “Dear girl, yes, she – Lauren was my granddaughter, she met with a storm from the sun and died. But it was written in our family book that if anyone in our family dies, we would have to wait for someone to come and give the skeleton to us, we couldn’t ourselves take the skeleton to revive our family member.”

“Does that mean you can bring your granddaughter back to life?” asked both of them in union. “Yes, and now please give me the skeleton,” said Luis. As he revived the girl, the skeleton gleamed and her stylish hair, beautiful dress and overwhelming smile shone brightly. She came back to life.

But that moment soon disappeared and Darcy and Claudia were bought back to earth by some kind of strong force. Though numerous unanswered questions remained in Darcy and Claudia’s minds, they never ever forget this memorable moment in their lives!