There I watched The brightly glowing ball Slowly rising Amid the lush clump of trees The clouds parted And a fiery orange streak burst out A warm ray of sunlight gently paled down. The early morning dewdrops scintillated Sending tiny flashes of light Like dainty diamonds Set on the velvety leaves. And she turned to her son: Someday you will also rise To the pinnacle my child. You will make small things shine too With the light of your success. As she held him skywards He obliterated the sun and haloed he was She knew he was sun-kissed! ~ Tisha Axel Sunrise photo credit: Deepika
Gusty winds howled loudly outside while Sonia tossed and turned in bed, trying to weather the storm of emotions churning within her. Her mind drowned in a whirlpool of nostalgia, two years ago, on a similar stormy night, she was on the seventh sky after Ray had professed his love for her. Now the same sky rippled with thunder and lightning. She stood and gazed at her reflection in the mirror, “Maybe I am not as attractive as before,” she whispered, her warm breath condensing on the mirror surface, blurring her reflection. She wiped it away, while being swept to another memory…tracing hearts on foggy car windows after a steamy love exchange under the monsoon. How she missed those idyllic trysts! *** “Sonia it seems you didn’t sleep a wink!”her friend Sarah quipped, “Don’t tell me you have been stalking Ray again.” “Life is not the same without him. I don’t show interest in doing anything now…we always did every together.” “Come on Sonia ,it’s been eight freaking months after...
My wish, Instead of bringing down each other, Let's help each other With renewed endeavour, To climb the progress ladder And taste the elixir of success together. My wish, To have the capacity To give every community The gift of equal opportunity I order to build unity. My wish, To value all the hardship endured To have our Freedom assured. To remember the sacrifices ensued, For a better Future secured. My wish, To polish this jewel Of an island, So that it becomes a marvel To be remembered hand in hand.
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