Sonal Nagesh, 9D
(The poem won 3rd Place in Literati)

She was a sweetheart, a caring one
As kind as God, an incarnation
I was her partner, together we won
Our childhood, our past, our future at once.

All we used to do was play and laugh
We did everything together, with fun coursing through us
We were friends, with an unbreakable bond
But time changed everything for us.

As we journeyed through our life
We always fought, we never agreed
This left us alone in the dangerous world
Without support or guidance, left in the dark.

The shadows had taken over our minds
Very delicate, not prepared for life
It made us emotionally unstable
Wondering whether we had the right to live.

We made new friends, leaving each other alone
They lead us through a variety of problems
They made us realise our broken friendship
Our forgotten past and everyone in it.

We went to each other and apologised
Together, we reminisced our lovely past
Shared out feelings, our memories together
Just like we used to, repeating our childhood.

Then we realised that the change in us
Was maturity, a very sensitive change
It played with our emotions and our thoughts
It changed the way we looked at life.

It showed us what the word was like
How we should solve our problems
It showed us the path of success in friendship
By showing us the path of failure first.

It was time who made us realise this
Wonderful change in our lives
It brought back our past and our childhood
It showed us the path of our future.