Inner Voice

War and Peace

War forgets peace.
Peace forgives war.
War is the death of the life human.
Peace is the birth of the life divine.
Our vital passions want war.
Our psychic emotions desire peace.
War is clear futility in dire sheer-stupidity.
Peace is flowing infinity in glowing eternity.

Kazi Issaq
Ustad Mohalla

With the Vernal breeze

At the top of mountains
when my heart sang,
In woods, reminisce of time I had ;
Listening to chirping of birds, watching the running clouds ,
And that tranquility of woods which I love so much.
Will my heart allow to stay there forever
or go on carrying bags on my shoulders.
But those deep restoring voices told me not to go.
But their allusions told to carry again and let this go.
What should I do now .
Is there any new hope now.
……Shall I stop listening
those vernal breezes ,
or shall I go in polluted airs .
I looked towards sky for answers,
But what all it gave me was a blank answer.
I closed my eyes and looked inside me and asked
…What I want from life , only one answer that I got.
…….just go with the vernal breeze .

Anshika Mahajan

Family

Your family are people, you can depend,
If you get in trouble, they shall defend.
They are the one’s that understand,
Always willing to give you a hand.
Your family, you should always cherish,
Without them you would probably perish.
Your connection with them is very deep,
If something happens, together you weep.
You family can help, your confidence build,
With their love and support, you’ll feel fulfilled.
Just don’t forget to show your appreciation,
That will strengthen your relation.

Sahil Chalotra
Sainik Colony

God

I talk to you often,
Discuss my problems
And asking for guidance.
Even though I’ve never seen you,
Even though people say you don’t exist.
But in my heart I know
And have always known,
You were, are and will be
There for me
Forever
Till the end.

-Purti Sethi

CONSTANT MOTIVATION

In a constant fight
To win a fight,
It is difficult to decide,
What is ‘wrong’ and
What is ‘right’.
Opinions of kith and kin
Over shadow when you could have been
Guided by your own instinct’s grin.
Keep those notions and opinions
Far away,
Plan your own sway,
And do not forget, everyday is a new day.
Some well-wishers are worshipers of doom,
Highly qualified, their apparitions loom.
Keep them at a bay
Lest they will try to settle
You in their rooms
Of fumes and fire
And fire and fumes.

Aditi Magotra
Jammu University