Time

Time will come and gently go,

Our spirits will be high and tensions low.

Time sometimes makes us very sad,

Which makes us feel very bad.

Sometimes we feel very depressed,

And sometimes we feel very stressed.

To be happy, pass your time,

Which is as easy as reading a rhyme.

Be happy and laugh a while,

It will be easy to walk mile after mile.

— J.S. Gill, Class IX, GMSSS, Chandigarh

You never knew who was I,

But I felt between us a strong tie.

You never knew how much I knew about you,

But I kept an eye on everything you’d do.

I was never a loser

Because I was your silent admirer.

Time seemed to fly,

I kept hoping that you would pass by.

But it never happened that way,

I began losing hope day by day.

I never felt like being a loser

And so I was your silent admirer

You left my life and went somewhere far,

Perhaps to follow some unknown distant star.

You never came to know me,

Because I didn’t do the things that would make you see.

Still I never felt like being a loser,

And continued being your silent admirer.

— Chand Chopra, Class X, Sacred Heart School, Dalhousie

Monsoon, monsoon, lovely monsoon,

Come to see us late or soon.

The sky is full of clouds,

Lightening and thunder aloud.

Then came the torrential rain

And all the children were dancing in the lane.

After that the farmer sowed the seed,

And the next drizzle produced weed.

The rain made the tiller’s face bright,

And then came the light

Of happiness, prosperity and goodwill,

And till the next year, we bid it farewell.

Patient and kind,

Difficult to find.

Doesn’t easily part,

It lives in the heart.

Filled with precious moments,

Based on faith and trust,

It is a tonic which is a must.

A bond unbreakable,

Very strong, yet feeble.

Free like a wild dove,

It is true love.

— Ishnita Keskar, Class X, Sacred Heart Convent, Tara Hall, Shimla