Republic day this year turned doomsday

When God in Gujarat appeared to have fled away

Burying the mothers under the boulders

With crying children on their shoulders

Those who survived sank into sorrow

Hungry and thirsty with nothing to borrow

Neither roof nor shelter

With biting cold and fears of tremors

The God-fearing people who fast and pray

Without any sins they fell a prey

The Army, the Airforce and the Navy

Came rushing and saved many

The angels in olive green fought the battle

and rushed the injured to their hospitals

The doctors and the nurses struggled so hard

Without any sleep acted like a their guard

A woman hugging a soldier

To express her gratitude to her saviour

For the people of Gujarat, the God fled away

and the angels in uniforms jumped into the fray

O God, let them have a faith in your vision

So that they remain determined to fight this destruction.

I once had a dream to make world of my own....

That has love and peace, where souls aren’t alone;

Where the world isn’t cushy, and his will isn’t blown;

Where he stands on his feet, and his thoughts are grown;

Where he wants to fly, and his wings aren’t torn;

Where he sings his songs, and his dreams are born;

Where he sleeps in peace, ‘n’ perceives every dawn;

Where he lives his life, and lives it on his own.....

The destruction and disaster caused by the earthquake,

soon it has to be given a break.

Otherwise, it may cause several innocent deaths,

Without any warning it will take our breaths.

We will see cries and sorrows on the ground,

This is what we have now found.

Land of Gujarat screamed out this

The people who are now not with us, we will always miss.

Let’s pray for the departed souls

And do our duty and play our roles.

— Prachi Minglani, VIII-C,
Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula