Karneval
by- Bharti, Grade 9A
About the Author: Bharti is a cheerful and confident person. She loves to read books.

In the vast depths of a child's mind,
There lies a raging waterfall.
Through the waterfall it goes,
The path that leads to Karneval.

Karneval is where I live,
A place I can call home.
Karneval is yours to find,
It's a place you can belong.

Every book I've ever read,
Has become a realistic dream.

I have traversed over many lands,
And crossed innumerable seas.
Yet Karneval seems to have no end,
It stretches till infinity.

I am a part of Karneval,
As it is a part of me.
Every character that lives there,
Is etched into my memory.  

I carry all their hopes and dreams-
The wishes they want fulfilled.
I keep record of all their friends
And all the foes they have killed.

There is a ticket to Karneval,
So you can go there too.
It's something special for you to find,
So I cannot tell you.

All I had to do was to
Stop for a moment and think.
Plunge myself into the depths of my mind
To find that special link.

As I took in the sight before me
For the first time, I felt myself change.
The sounds of lively chatter told me,
That now I would have a new home.

So I took off, down the hill I went,
And upon my face it stretched;

A grin like that of the cheshire cat,

With a soul as mad as the hatter.