SALINE DROPS
Threads of time full of knots
A long night of hopeful thoughts
An awesome lot eternal blot
Would have vanished; they played smart
Trapped in devilish web of designs
I was forced to gaze at signs
That I could eye
With a hefty hope
Being a mesmerized guy
Later found a wobbling scope
An onion undersized
Panic priced
Lonely in the neighbour’s field
Weeping at the grief of poor yield
I thought a bit
To be with it
Tempted by the sizzling smell
For me it was not a sell
Vegetable and fruit adorned shops
Wet my brow with saline drops
Rolling down my sunken cheeks
Hit my impatient tongue
Who cares for freaks
Looking old while young?
Prof S A Ganai
GDC Ramban
Let us live
Let us live
Amid our meadows,
Let the stock graze,
Long leaves of maize,
Let us live below our stars,
Shining above our hears,
Let the skies stoop low
To touch our raised heads
Let the flowering plants grow
To their full height,
Let their sweet fragrance spread,
To resuscitate the weary minds,
Let the jungles retain
Their sheen, charm and calm
Let the springs ooze
At their original pace,
Let our birds soar,
High in the vast skies,
Let the bees suck,
The nutritious nectar of flowers,
Let the butterflies fly
To the flowers of their choice,
Let the tourists relish,
The bulging bosom of lakes,
Let us again build,
The lost glory of vale
Let the din cease,
Let the peace prevail
So what! We seek our right,
Should lead to gory fight,
We aren’t to foil, defile,
We are the sons of the soil
Ashiq Hussain Rather Doda
Being untamed
When worries start to rattle
With whom each second I battle
I was about to shreak
My fraustation was at peak
When all seem to end
And no way to ascend
A beacon seems to dazzle
At the shore of eternal sea
Of calm endless soltitude
That I doubted my attitude
This is not the life
I ever used to dream about
Or I am not that guy who
used to do it, I doubt
I wanna fly like
A untamed big winged bird
Who knows to fly so high
That freely can I sigh
I wanna be wild
With innocence of a child
That rules the entire wood
With my head up I stood……
Rajat Sharma
THE SOULMATE
When will I see you again and will
it be the same?
Holding back our thoughts, playing this game
Living our lives like a play, a masquerade
Acting like best friends although
it’s much more
So I’ll just put back on the outfit,
this makeup I wore
I know the shoe fits the same
way it did before
We can keep pretending, and acting this way
For the memories with you I would never trade
I’ll just keep reading these lines, day after day
I’ll just continue to put this secret on hold
Never revealing these feelings won’t be told
Someday you will realize this game has
gotten old
You’ll never know how much
I’m hurting inside
Or the way it feels to pretend and to lie
Locking my heart away, my love I hide
But for now let me see that script
For we both know I’m a great actor
Life will go on, as will this big secret
You’ll just have to figure out the way I fell
Maybe look in my eyes, read them so well
Because loving you is a secret I’ll never tell.
Vishal Koul
Science College,
Jammu
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