Mother nature

What about sunrise

What about rain,

What about all things you wanted to gain,

What about your mother nature

Whom you’re destroying

She’s screaming every moment,

Why can’t you hear her crying?

This smoke will leave you breathless

It’s just matter of time and you’ll be lifeless,

You’re letting yourself apart from nature

You never realised that is the ideal teacher

You’re not destroying nature,

You’re destroying yourself,

After a while she won’t take it any more,

It’s your life and soul

You’re nothing without it and with it whole,

You won’t hear a child’s cry

You won’t hear a lion’s roar,

You won’t see any colour except black,

It is never too late,

Please come back.

— Shahbaz Thind, Class-XII, S.D. School, Sector-32, Chandigarh.

Bold and beautiful

Charming and graceful

She who moves the world

There is gentleness in her every word

She is not afraid of anything

She is a doctor, she is a teacher

Beautiful is her every feature

She loves, cares and sacrifices

All are equal in her eyes

She has love, she has power

She is sweet as well as sour

She is woman of today

In her praise, what more can I say

— Bunny Menra, Class VIII, St Joseph’s Convent School, Hoshiarpur