Rhyme time

Time is precious

Time is the only capital

You can’t afford to lose

It is the only thing

You can’t get back

It is the only gem

That everyone has

It is a wave that makes you awake

Science and technology improved

But could have no control over it

Everything collapsed with time

But it never stopped

It jumps and leaps and never retreats

Realise its value

Otherwise none will realise yours

Work keeping it in mind

Otherwise none will keep you

You can defy anyone

With a single step at proper time

Priya, IX-A, Sacred Heart School, Moga

A little doll

She was 14 when she got married Nobody cared about her dream

She wanted to study and read

Tears rolled down her face like a stream

Water was not in her tears

In them, her pain did she bear

We can’t make hell her life

By making her someone’s wife

Enough is enough

Now we have to be tough

We have to stop this practice

Which has thrived for custom’s sake

Sushil Dutt, IX, Maharana Pratap Public School, Kurukshetra