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THOSE WERE THE DAYS

You were a little kid then, trying to catch the flame of a
candle;

you were stopped, but you tried again, and you
were stopped again,

You kept trying, until you caught the flame, It burnt
your finger and you cried out loud,
You stopped crying, got yourself together and started

to play again.
You did not ‘give up’, did you?

Strong, you were strong, you explored each and
everything, you dared every challenge of this universe.

Then, everything was so beautiful, so amazing, so
astonishing, so intriguing!

You kept on smiling, you played, you sang, you danced,
you cried, you laughed, such a bliss! Your life, it was a
bliss.

But, what has happened now,
You are scared always, you don’t want to wake up, you

don’t want to face the day. It’s tough, you don’t want
to grow, all you wanna do is overthink…

Feel free, you only live once, blurb everything off you,
just like when we were kids.

Those were the days…
- Neha Raja

NEHA RAJA
NEHA RAJA
STUDENT - GRADE 10
STUDENT - GRADE 10
NAND VIDYA NIKETAN
NAND VIDYA NIKETAN

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