My Best Friend
When things are going against you,
When you don't know what to do,
When everything seems bleak,
And when you seem most meek,
You know that I'm here for you,
With waiting arms to hold you,
To share your pain and sorrow,
And help you see a brighter tomorrow
Whenever you're feeling down,
Know that I'm always here for you,
To cheer you up, to get you on your feet
And to turn that frown, upside down,
It's because, you would do the same for me,
When I'm unhappy with hard times,
You would hold me in your arms,
And never let me go,
It's because you're my best friend,
The one who'll stay with me till the end,
So, stay right there,
Coz I'm coming to cheer you up!!!
Samarth Bharani
Class XII, CMR National Public School
Meet my DOLL
Meet my doll, sitting on the wall,
She is playing with the ball.
She is so cute, not so rude,
When she plays, she has some mood.
Her eyes are nice, she is so wise,
And she never tells lies.
In her dreams she was a fairy,
It was also a little scary.
So my doll is the best,
Now its time for her rest.
Shivangi Dharne
Class V - c,
Bishop Cotton Girl's School
Rainbow
Rainbow! Oh rainbow!
How beautiful you are!
You are formed after the rain
Or in the spray of the waterfall.
You are also made up of some colours,
Whether red, green, orange or blue
You are not a shooting star
to make our wishes come true
Rainbow! Oh rainbow!
How many colour do you have?
Are there five or are there seven?
Why aren’t both the numbers even?
Rainbow! Oh rainbow!
Can you take people for a ride?
If you can, can you take a
Bridegroom with his bride?
Rainbow! Oh rainbow!
How beautiful you are!
I would have to see you after
the rain or in the spray of the waterfall.
Manasi S
V ‘E-2’, Carmel School,
Padmanabhanagar
The prayer of the little bird
Dear God
I don’t know how to pray by myself
very well,
but will You please
protect my little nest from wind and rain?
Put a great deal of dew on the flowers
many seeds in my way.
Make Your blue very high,
Your branches lissom;
let Your kind light stay late in the sky
and set my heart brimming with such music
that I must sing, sing, sing...
Please, Lord
Amen
(Prayers from the ARK by Carmen Bernos De Gasztold)
Translated by Rumer Godden
