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    I WANT TO FLY

I WANT TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD.
I WANT TO BE AT THE GREATEST HEIGHT.
WHERE EVERYBODY IS BELOW ME.
I WANT TO TAKE THAT FLIGHT.

TO SUCH AN EXTENT,
FROM WHERE WORLD DOSE NOT SEEMS DRY.
BUT COLOURFUL AS A BUTTERFLY.
AT SUCH GREAT HEIGHT,
I WANT TO FLY.

A PLACE WHERE, TO STAND
ON GROUND, I DON'T HAVE TO RELY.
AT THAT HEIGHT,
I WANT TO FLY.

TO A LAND WHERE,
NOBODY SHALL EVER CRY.
THAT PLACE WOULD BRING TO AN END,
MY WISH TO FLY.

A PLACE WHERE I CAN SEE,
ALL MIGHTY, EYES IN FRONT OF EYES
TO THAT HEAVEN,
 I WANT TO FLY.
A PLACE WHERE I CAN BOAST,
THAT FREELY I LIVED,
            FREELY I DIED.

NAME:- GAUTAM SHAHI
AGE:- 16YEARS
CONTACT:- shahigautam_64@rediffmail.com
Reviews and comments requested
Posted 06/02/2002

 

 

        SERVE THE POOR


LOOK AT THEIR SULLEN FACES,
SHOWING SIGNS OF EXTREME SUFFERINGS.
LETS GIVE THEM A WHILE,
ALL THEY NEED IS A SMILE.

THEY ARE NOT HUNGRY FOR MONEY,
BUT NEED AFFECTION.
LETS GIVE THEM THAT LOVE.
LIKE US, THEY ARE ALSO GOD'S CREATION.

DO SOMETHING, THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER YOU,
FOR THE SERVICES YOU RENDERED.
DON'T FORGET, ONE LIVES
TILL HE IS REMEMBERED.

WHAT IF YOU CAN'T LIVE FOREVER?
MAKE A PLACE IN SOMEBODY'S HEART.
FILL SOMEBODY'S LIFE WITH JOY,
AND ON THIS ROAD TO PEACE BECOME A MARTYR.

THINK OF THAT MIGHTY ONE,
HE WHO'S THE SUPREME CREATOR.
IF YOU LIVE A WORLDLY LIFE,
OF CHEAP SELF INTEREST.
HOW CAN YOU SHOW HIM,
YOUR FACE LATER.

HE'S THE FATHER OF ALL.
EVERY HUMAN IS YOUR BROTHER.
ABOUT YOU, HE'LL WORRY.
THEN HOW CAN YOU LET
THE POOR GO HUNGRY.

GO TO THEM.
SHARE THEIR SORROWS AND JOY.
THEN ONLY WILL YOU GET
THE HEAVENLY WINE OF LOVE,
WHICH THE REAL HUMAN IN YOU
WILL ENJOY.

NAME:- GAUTAM SHAHI
AGE:- 16 YEARS
CONTACT:- shahigautam_64@rediffmail.com
Reviews and comments requested
Posted 06/02/2002


AN ULTIMATE VOYAGE: TITANIC

WAS I HAPPY OR,
HAD I GONE MAD?
I CAN'T SAY.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE.
I WAS ON THE SHIP TO AMERICA,
AND IT WAS ON ITS WAY.

I WAS CHEERFUL AND HAPPY.
EXCITED LIKE A FLAME,
DANCING ON A WICK.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE,
I WAS ON BOARD OF MIGHTIEST SHIP.
I WAS ON THE BOARD OF TITANIC.
WHAT COMFORTS WE HAD,
WHAT FURNITURES AND BEAUTIFUL CROCKERY.
EXPENSIVE CUPS AND DESIGNED PLATES.
AFTER ALL FOR PEOPLE,
FULL OF MANNERS AND ETIQUETES.

BRAND NEW ROOMS AND POLISHED GATES.
WELL-DRESSED AND SMART CREW,
WITH OBEDIENT SERVING MATES.
OH! WHAT SENSATION IT DID CREATE.

THE BAND WAS KNOWN.
ITS MUSIC WAS HEAVENLY.
IT JUST PIERCED YOUR HEART,
AND AFFECTED YOUR MIND DEEPLY.

THE ONLY FACT OF BEING,
ON BOARD OF TITANIC,
EXCITED THE PEOPLE.
BUT OF THE FUTURE WE KNEW SO LITTLE.

IT WENT THROUGH THE SEA,
AS IF CUTTING IT INTO TWO.
BUT WHO KNEW?
THAT THIS BIG JOURNEY,
 WOULD LEAVE OUR NEAR AND DEAR ONES,
ONLY WITH GRIEF AND WOE.

PEOPLE CALLED IT UNSINKABLE.
NOTHING COULD SINK THIS GIGANTIC SHIP.
IT WAS INVINCIBLE.
AFTER ALL IT WAS TITANIC.

BUT THEN THE FATE TOOK ITS TURN.
THAT MOMENT, FOR AGES PEOPLE WILL MOURN.
WE HIT A MOUNTAIN OF ICE.
IT CUT THE TITANIC FROM BENEATH,
AS IF A SOFT SLICE.
 
THE SOUND OF SHOUTING AND CRYING,
WAS EAR SHATTERING.
I GAVE MYSELF IN THE HANDS OF FATE.
 THE UNSINKABLE WAS SINKING.
AND WE WERE LEFT WINKING.

WE WERE LEFT IN FREEZING WATER.
WE KNEW WE WERE DROWNING.
BUT WE WERE MORE SHOCKED,
BY THE STATE IN WHICH,
TITANIC WAS DYING.

WE MAY BE FORGOTTEN.
BUT THE SHIP WILL BE KNOWN.
GENERATIONS TO COME WILL REMEMBER,
THAT TITANIC WITH ATLANTIC ITS STAGE,
HAD SUNK ON ITS VERY FIRST MAIDEN
                    VOYAGE.

NAME:- GAUTAM SHAHI
AGE:- 16 YEARS
CONTACT:- shahigautam_64@rediffmail.com
Reviews and comments requested
Posted 06/02/2002

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