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06Mar
I’m a Teacher, My Happiness springs from My Accomplishments
I'm a teacher,My happiness springs from the accomplishments of my students. My sorrows and joys have been largely governed by the smiles and tears of my students. I have wept with tears of Joy at the weddings of former students and have shed tears and held their hands in grief...
06Mar
I Think I Grew Up
I think I grew upWhen I foundMy own friends wore perplexing masksto climb rungs of success I think I grew upWhen I discovered religion, race, or colorWere mere excuses for grownupsTo shed blood I think I grew upWhen the chill of deathFroze and disoriented meThen the real search for life's answers began I...
06Mar
A Mother’s Guilt
Listen my son as you lie fast asleepGuiltily by your bedside, I creepYou look like an innocent angelWith a smile on your lips and a curl on your cheek I recall in the morning I scolded youFor spilling your food while you ateYou waved goodbye and IFrowned back as I rushed...
31Jan
When The Time is Ripe,It Will Rain
Leave some words unspoken If all is said What will remain? Leave some questions unanswered If all is known Life will be a meaningless game Leave some bridges behind If all are burnt Walking on trodden paths is life's bargain Leave some tasks unplanned If all is chalked out, Surprises will rock your frame Leave some roads untraversed If all are trod Crossroads will give...
14Jan
Daughter of Life
Daughter of LifeBroke a piece from a DreamWhere,Why,HowThe news reached the ears of the sky Big wings heard the newsLong beaks heard itBlack tongues heard itSharp claws heard it The piece was nakedFragrance itself wore torn clothes Neither heart nor bodyHad any shelter to provide My piece was snatched from meBoth my hands were...
09Jan
Crossroads – By Dr. Ritu Dewan
Each step I take I find new crossroads Arms wide open One step And Hundred paths cropping I want to tread them all I love Their experiences and their dreams All seem true A sad yearning envelops me I want to enter into the depths I don't know what I 'll find I see A spark of diai in every stone That every heart has...
09Jan
Karma – By Dr. Ritu Dewan
Like a child I tried to reach out For the stars I got some I lost some Why then do I have A feeling of disquiet? Fate A clever businessman Makes a cruel bargain With one hand he gives Abundantly And with the other He snatches away. A constant question Haunts me Are things ordained? Can one really carve out One's future? If success is ordained Then so is tragedy. Like...
