JOURNEY~ It Never Ends

JOURNEY

A BOOK OFEMOTIONS

Compiled by

SNEHA AGRAwAL
AVANTIKA AGRAWAl

Copyright © Sneha Agrawal & Avantika Agrawal

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Contents

Disclaimer
Acknowledgment

By Compiler
1. Sneha Agrawal
2. Avantika Agrawal

By Co-authors
1. Aarushi Giria
2. Aamir Khan
3. Ananya P. Mishra
4. Adila Nazar
5. Archika Vishwakarma
6. Archi Rathod
7. Awofisan Ouwadamilola Samson
8. Aisha Ahmad Abdullahi
9. Alina Mohanty
10. Abhishek Singh Parcha
11. Ankit Kumar Singh
12. Aayushi Jain
13. Catherine Sheena
14. Celine Sowmya
15. Christian Dimanyayi
16. Drishti Sethi
17. Dimple Agrawal
18. Fathia
19. Faysal Ibrahim
20. Hassan Hajarah Khalid
21. Har Deepansh Bahadur Sinha
22. Hari Pranesh
23. Ishrat Saboon
24.Ilamathi
25. Inderpreet Kaur
26. Isha Nebhani
27. Jyotsna Bhushan
28. Jaswalini Baral
29. Javeria Saghir
30. Jhilam Adhikary

31.Kanishka Goyal
32. Kajal Bhargav
33. M. Jersalin Nishani
34. Muhamed Farhaan
35. N. Sihhah
36. Neelam Lashari
37. Noor Tabasum
38. Offiah Prudence Chukwuamaka
39. Priya Das
40. Parthivi Awasthi
41. Priyanka Bhattarai
42. Preeti
43. Rizwan Parker
44. Riya Pandey
45. Ruchika Biswal
46. Rose Mallick
47. Rohiaya Intan Hia
48. Rajani Nair
49. Sheth Khushi
50. Sahabzadi
51. Sanjay Gupta
52. Shaila Rout
53. Shubham Agarwal
54. Sahaj Sabharwal
55. Srishtee Aggarwal
56. Supriya Chandra
57. Sajal Fatima
58. Simran Kaur
59. Silviu Zuaiter
60. Samuel De Lemos
61. Sneha Bhalotia
62. Uqbatu Maisarata
63. Vivaan Sehgal
64. Luvala Calvin
65. Yamini Vasava

Compilers Bio
Co-authors Bio
About the Community

Disclaimer

All the writings published in this book are originally written by the
respective mentioned coauthors, the compiler has done their best to make
them free from errors and plagiarism.

The mentioned characters or events in the book may be living or
based on fiction but they neither depict any hate for any people, caste,
religion or system nor they were meant to hurt anyone’s feelings, against
anything.

Compiler and publisher would not be responsible, if in case the
content is plagiarized. The respective co-author will be entirely responsible
for the misbehavior.

Acknowledgment

We, the compilers of this book want to thank: Our readers who are reading
this book, our family members for supporting us, our publication
(Community) Solaced Pentales, our editor, God for helping us in this
journey and special thanks to the most important ones, our co-authors, for
sharing your journey that you had felt and go through. Thanks to each and
every co-author and member of our journey family. We are blessed to have
you in our lives. Without you, journey would not have been successfully
completed and once again a big thanks to our readers for choosing this
book.

BY COMPILERS



JOURNEY

1.
FROM TEENAGER TO GRANDMOTHER

I partied all the night and hang up all the time. But It happens when I was
at 18, I was scared that I got pregnant. My parents kicked out me from the

house. My boyfriend left me saying that "I am not ready for this".
I was upset and immature but I decided not to give up. I decided to give
birth to my baby, I had no money so I started my career being a tutor. Now
the day came when the baby angel is about to come. And I blessed with a

baby girl, named her CHAAYA. I took care of her all alone.
Time passes, she grew up, but she started the same that I did at my teenage,

she partied all the night and the same happens. I got scared because time
repeats itself. She got pregnant, and her boyfriend left her.

She cried, she was hurt, but this time I didn't left her, I took care of both
after few months, a man, Raahat came to Chaaya's life and proposed her for
the marriage. They get married and the day came when the baby born and

this time it's a baby boy. We named him CHAAHAT
~Sneha Agrawal

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TWILIGHT TALKS

Twinkled features grew the dark sky
Borrowing some faith for the human behind

Endorsing the moon with his flaws
Scattering light without any why?
Indisposition endures at this peak

He mesmerizing in the glare
That was sleeveless twilight!

Combating for herself
Refurbishing her soulmate,

Chitchats with her soul
Make his overwrought eyes
Brandishing thought of another fellow
Now wrapping up his rims abide

~Avantika Agrawal

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BY COAUTHORS

JOURNEY

1.

FEAR OVER YEARS

I hide my original side all these years,
I hid to overcome all my fears.
In this world of somany faces,

I couldn’t be competitive enough even in one of the races.
My original side is known by none,

Except for my two friends - the moon and the sun.
Is there anyone who’ll acknowledge my originality?

Is there anyone who’s pure, not just witty?
I know of none who’re true,
Only double faces they throw.

What would I do showing my real self?
It’s all just a spell
~ Aarushi Giria

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2.

THOUSAND PAINS

The night grew darker
And my solitude speaks thousand regrets
The pain of your separation is dressed in my deep eyes
And on my lips strange layers of silence were embedded

Good bye of such kind are so painful
Forgetting is not going to be easy, i must say

I have lost the patience of my heart
And cried thousand pains on your separation
I have tasted many pains but yours is different
Because I have given you my heart and i love you

You have gone to the distant world
And I have lost myself

Bitter sweet memories you left for me
So Good bye and let me cry thousand pains on your separation

~ Aamir Khan

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THE JOURNEY

J- Joy, sorrow, pain, experience, memories, obstacles sufferings,
happiness, love, hate, mistakes, envy, failure, success all these travels with

us in the journey of our life.
O- Our life is a journey and we are the travelers.
U- Unique is our journey of love, our love for each other is timeless,

ageless and beyond life and death.
R- Road to success, the most difficult journey of our life. Hard work,

perseverance, failure, patience, difficulties, self believe, dreams,
dedications and obstacles are the pillar of success.

N- Not everyone is happy behind your success. Only few people can
support your achievements without envy.

E- Each and every moment of our journey should be cherished.
Y- Your purpose of your life is to be happy because all we have is now.
Life is not perfect but it's beautiful. The Future anyway is an echo of our
present decisions, death is inevitable. Make sure your journey of life

should be worth it.
~Ananya P. Mishra

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4.

LITTLE DID I KNOW

The pain of my yesterday’s where slowly mumbling and thriving to me.
The way I used to have fate in our love with just those red roses you gave

to me.
Little did I know, your love for me will also dwindle

like those red roses that silently fade.
You said our souls were meant to be tied together and our hearts were

tacked.
Little did I know, those strings were just meant to be

ripped and so too was my bleeding heart.
When you said I am beautiful I thought you want to be with me for my

ups and downs.
Little did I know, you were just that prince who was

Filled with lust like a grimed wolf.
~ Adila Nazar

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5.

“DESTINATION”

It’s beginning of a beautiful journey
To reach my destination at the age of twenty;

Sometimes life turns the pages
And sometimes provide blank pages
To write down the future by my hand,
Nothing is impossible that I understand;
How rocky is my path, it doesn't matter?
But one day everything will get better;
I can see the ray of hope in the darkness
When I talk with my soul, I find happiness;
Journey has been half completed still aim is far,
One day I'll definitely reach and touch the star.

~Archika Vishwakarma

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6.

LIFE JOURNEY

The journey of life begins with idioms,
Problems and happiness...
But ends with memories...

Sometimes sarcasm, sometimes sadness, sometimes drama, sometimes
happiness...

Make life journey filled with newlines
Some failures, some successions life has different sessions...
Some questions, no answers life has no plan executions...
Sometimes obstacle, sometimes miracle, life don't even hint the situation...
Starting to ending, life has many explanations beyond your expectation...

~ Archi Rathod

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7.

UNIVERSE

1000 and 45 seconds
You were gone with the *universe*

I packed my bag
In it tucked a knife, kite and *peony*

Flower, looking for a land
Wild and fierce where it can grow
Timmy the little mouse wants to come along too
I said yes and the smile won't stop like it's *spring* too

2 days gone, this land torn
My only company's "timmy" and the *stars* storm

Give a sign, I shall come to the
My feet’s weary, Bone breaking, Heart sleeping,

Here. The moon is *blinking*
A ball of hope. Coin with scope
There you are lying with the wolf's.
~ Awofisan Ouwadamilola Samson

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8.

THE LIGHT IN THE NIGHT

There's a light I always want to stare at when the world is sleeping;
A light that brings peace and serenity into my heart;
A light that makes me forget all my worries;
A light that makes me forget the world I’m in.

That light surrounds me like a Ludo, lightening my heart;
That light clears all the darkness in my heart;

That light makes me want to shine above the cloud.
Even the star’s whispers into my ears when the light is near me,

And the cloud wanted it to come and make it shine.
That light makes me lose all my senses when I gaze at it,

It takes away my attention when it glows.
I always want to stare at it when it twinkles,

And to embrace it in my life till eternity.
Do you know why?

Because that light comes from you: The love of my life...
~ Aisha Ahmad Abdullahi

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9.

JOURNEY WITHIN

Embarked on a new journey,
Where salvation is the dead end.
Where every station is a new theory.
Where you are in Divine hand.

Embarked on a new journey.
Where there is so much beyond this physical body.

Where there is connection to the Almighty.
Where there is only space for positivity.
Embarked on a new journey,
Where there is no fear
Where there is no pain to ensure.
Where tears are only for ecstasy.
Embarked on a new journey
That starts from within
Too deep beyond this physical realm.
~Alina Mohanty

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10.

TIME NEVER MOVES

Time that never moves with TC.
That moves with time. The same
It happens in a successful life.
Time that never waits for anyone.
Time decides the journey of man.

Time makes a person's fate.
Wastes time
Man's fate

Time is never the same
It has thousand colors.
Time changes the attitude of life.
Time fills every happiness in life.
Time is an important part of life.
~ Abhishek Singh Parcha

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11.

JOURNEY

The journey that has begun
Along with me some people's prayers

And I have a purpose in my heart
Which I have to complete

He has to work day and night
and I want to make my name
I want to do something here

my journey that's beautiful
We have to stay awake at night

and get to the top
Something to gain from this journey

who can give me a comfort
stay in now waiting

My journey is about to end
~Ankit Kumar Singh

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12.

KEEP THE CHILD ALIVE

Life is journey with full of experience of small journeys like you can
complete education but knowledge can never be completed, you always
passenger till the death who is gaining knowledge. The people who come
across are the co passengers and all the milestones are stations. Moreover,
it's a road trip to self-discovery and learning universal truths, just learning
stuff about the world and how beautifully it was made from or just simply
understanding how to survive. The road will not always be smooth; in
fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges. The thing
to keep along while you go on this journey is to keep the child alive in
you.

~Aayushi Jain

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13.

JOURNEY OF LOVE

I'm searching for the way out, but again I'm coming to the place where I've
started my journey.

Then I found Love. Its quality is not stained,
As it dropped as the gentle rain from heaven

Love is twice blest.
It blesseth those who give as well as those who take.

Love is mightiest in the mightiest.
Love is enthroned in the hearts of people.

Love is as gentle as the rain.
It travelled among millions of hearts, and still travelling.

Its journey has no end.
Love keep travelling among us,

Giving us a reason to live
Like a boundless ocean, The Journey of Love Is Incessant.

~ Catherine Sheena

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14.

JOURNEY OF RAIN

I come with the signal of thunder,
And make people wonder
I come from dark cloud.
And make the noiseloud.
I spread all around greenery

And take away aching misery
I give farmers a, charming smile
By making their produce till a mile
I fall with the droplet of diamond
And make unhappy people bright end
I am like a shower and lend a hand to grow flower.
With mortals I had a lot of fun,
And now I am giving a way to sun
I am sweetly known as rain, with a lot of Fame

~Celine Sowmya

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15.

THE WORDS

I would have liked so much that
These tender words die... In my head

These tireless sources of my tears
These hard strains of my ailments
This gentle wind which, every second blows in my head and whistles
By a sweetness so deep. And that my desires, tenderly slap
These words and these desires, to always love so much the words
Who, the others always make suffer, which flow in my head like the

waters
I would have liked so much that forever die

These words and that these letters perish
that dig within the universe, fear

And distance our hearts of a thousand meters
I would have wanted that forever perish

Alas, all these words which burn our delights
~ Christian Dimanyayi

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16.

JOURNEY OF LIFE

Life's journey has its own ups and downs. But it's a beautiful journey
which should be lived with positivity and your loved ones. Life's journey
is full of hardships, happiness, sorrow and special moments.
The road of life's journey will not always be smooth; it will have some
rough patches. But to deal with it we should have courage and strong will.
We meet various kinds of people in life. Some are good, some are bad.
But we should always focus on positivity in life.
We learn many things in life and gain experience from it. These
experiences learned in life later help us to face struggles in life and
become stronger in life. We make memories in life with people we meet
and these memories are cherished forever. Life is precious and short.
Time in it is limited and memories that we make do not last long enough.
So we should live each moment of life to the fullest.
In life, you will meet people who will advise or tell you how to live your
life, but always do what you feel is right for you. As it is said, "journey is
more beautiful than destination".

~Drishti Sethi

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17.

THE WAY THROUGH OURSELF

Many voices recite,
Some tell you to stay away and some to stay beside.

Feeling that things would lie till eternity,
Eventually passes away with great Serenity.

Being nostalgic sometimes,
And then becoming quiet.
Fighting within yourself inside,
To know if you are right.
Time changes, the situation differs,
Promises fail, mistakes discern.
We heel, we understand, we learn.
We all have got a canvas to draw.
What matters is the stuff we blow.
There is still a long way to go,
I guess this is how we grow.

~ Dimple Agrawal

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18.

LOVE OF MY LIFE

It was my first slow motion, A love at first sight.
He walks down to the shopping mall without a notice of me,
I saw him smiling with the sales girl with innocence in heart,
I moved closer to him all I wanted to do was to shoot my shot,

But our eyes met slowly with much love and peace,
I couldn’t take off my eyes off him neither him too,
We both silently moved closer to each other to break the silence,
He said “you’re so beautiful “oh gosh I couldn’t stop blushing.
At times goes on, our love story was indeed the best; more than

ROMEO and JULIET,
And my love for him keep increasing like age,
Because I realized love only hurt when you’re with the wrong person
A wonderful day comes, he kneeled in front of me and my heart was
beating too fast! Guess what? He showed me a chocolate,
I thought I was fooled, I turned back and wanted to leave angrily,
he pulled me back with a gold ring in hand and say “WILL YOU BE MY

MRS?”
I replied “will you by my poems as I’m the poetess?”

Now he’s my MR my only muse.
~Fatiha

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19.

FREEDOM

I want to be free,
Free from a land where i don't belong.
To a place, I can feel my soul dinning with solace.

— Then, what is my fate?
I can't drink my wine when I have my time,
I can't call my name when I have the strength,
Is that the culture I am bound to worship?

— Even my shoulders couldn't go high,
The fear of the untold exhumes it all.
I want to flare, to say my name!
To an open place where I can relate.
~ Faysal Ibrahim

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20.

TRUE LOVE

History of our love,
Reciprocally and transparently,
Our souls dive of emptiness,
But destiny brought us together to love,

So, we filled the content,
Love at first sight with dedication,
And connection that keeps the body moving like the earth,
With all the Earthquake, tornado and volcano,

Our earth keeps rotating from
Body to soul, Flesh to blood, Veins to artery, heart to mind,

Unstoppable journey and unchangeable,
With you alone my world is complete,
No more struggles or battles to compete, Stronger we're together and

forever longer
I love you my true love.
~ Hassan Hajarah Khalid

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21.

TRAVEL TO EXPLORE

Travelling brings you happiness
Keeps far away from emptiness,

There is a lot to discover
From there you will attain pleasure.
Mountains will surely give you tough fight
Camping on top will make a memorable night,

When clouds will come closer
You will sense a unique exposure.

Whether you travel by a train
Or fly high in an aero plane,
Everything will catch your attention
Along with your specific destination.
Those who are passionate travelers
Basically they are the explorers.
~ Har Deepansh Bahadur Sinha

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22.

A VIEW FROM MY WINDOW

The start of a new day;
Sun peeking out and finding its way,

Birds flew from their nests;
Dry leaves covered in dust

Birds in search of food;
The sun started rising to the mid

Cattle started grazing
They turn their back on the land
The green garden lets its shade fall

Over the red old school hall;
The sun falling west Birds returned to their nests

After so many days of drought
down poured the rain; Just as I ought,
My vision becoming pure, The end of a day in MindSpring.

~Hari Pranesh

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23.

MASKED

Crawled sounds garnering rhythms,
blazed hearts burning moons
there, the string of pearls

knitted gracefully sparkled the debris
moldered eyes underneath lights interweaving

and disentangling
the remote wings
amidst it the silence scratched
with jubilant love
does it erase the wilderness of nature?
Um! that squishy sky
wonderfully crafted
lighted the way
and brightened the vision.
~Ishrat Saboon

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24.

MYSTERIOUS FOREST

Once upon a time a cute family went to a trip for forest and had not
returned. Their relatives came to know that news and were so much
worried. They enquired about the forest with the neighbors in that place.
After knowing about the forest the relatives decided to find the best
detective to help them. They published the ad with their problem and in
need of detective and they mentioned the address.by seeing address one
detective arrived The detective started collecting information about the
mystery of the forest. Some person told that long years back the forest is
spotted as tourist spot and people used to go to that place frequently and
enjoys happily. The detective went to a library. There he saw a book based
on the same forest. The detective comes to know that the books author
might know the solution for that. But the detective thought before that he
must read the book. Without losing the hope the detective starts reading the
book. In that book, the author written that while the forest is spotted as a
tourist spot.one children unlocked the notorious devil. The people were
shocked by seeing the notorious devil. The notorious devil controls
everyone and took the people to the notorious devil place and treats them
as slave. Then next page is blank. The detective starts searching the author
but he couldn't find the author. Then with his detective mind started
thinking. The detective decided to go to the forest. There he found one
mind map which makes suspicious and the detective took that mind map
and verified and he comes to know that if anyone comes with a family they
would be trapped inside the mind map. The detective knows a magic, he
makes a robot as his family and took the mind map and went to the forest
and as he expected he got trapped inside the forest. The detective went to
the place and saved everyone. The notorious devil disappeared

~Ilamathi

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25.

JOURNEY OF LIGHT

Journey of the stars in the night,
Shining all over very bright,
Filled with the luminous light,
Helps us to remove our plight.
With the magic of the light,
Which is at its height,

Shining like the luminous bright,
Making it the scenic sight

Magic of the watered twilight
Making the rivers shining bright

This serenic beauty
Makes the heart overwhelm,
With joys and sorrows hand in hand
Like the loving and enthusiastic band,
Will make all the sorrow end.

~ Inderpreet Kaur

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26.

A NEW JOURNEY

When you will turn around,
I will be long gone,

When you want to hear my sound,
You will find yourself alone,
It's too late dear,
Now you are nowhere,
Neither in my soul,
Nor in my heart,
All the feelings are teared apart,

For a new journey I am going to start.
~Isha Nebhani

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27.

LOVE PATHWAY

There once was a King and he was drowned in melancholy.
An old man passing by asked the reason of his lack of glee.
He told that he had nothing more and life didn't have any glee in store.

The old man chuckled and began to tell
The only thing he enjoyed so well

He went to Himalayas, India's crown to hunt an infrequent thing down,
In search of a special herb that could cure the human nerve,
But after a ton of search,
He found nothing but only peace and quiet
But his mind was free of chaos and riots
He didn't find the thing he was looking for
But he found the thing that made his glee so sure
He figured the journey mattered more
Than what the destination had in store
~Jyotsna Bhushan

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28.

NEVER ENDING JOURNEY

Don't know where this foot will stop.
I just move on to reach my destination with lots of hope.
Every time whenever I feel down one voice from my inner soul comes

out.
Just go on with the flow, just enjoy every moment of your journey of life

without any doubt
Many ups and downs will come to your path trying to make fall
But just stay strong and get up with a smile move ahead to reach your

goal.
Every journey of our life teaches us some unique lesson.
We should grab it, and use it whenever we are in confusion.
Life is all about enjoying your Journey of life, as life is too short.
It's a fusion of sadness and happiness it's you how to deal with your life

without ending it with a dot.
~Jaswalini Baral

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29.
"NEW YEAR"

Every year make you learn circumstances,
By giving possibilities and chances;
Welcoming to a new coming year,

With hopes of new resolutions and fears;
Leaving teasing memories and incidents behind,
Bearing good thoughts of virtuous deeds in mind;

Having fresh chances of new years remind,
Making each day of mine determined and aligned;

A new year greatly renewed and full of hopes,
Affording new chances, challenges and probes.

~ Javeria Saghir

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30.

DEAR MOLESTER

Dear molester, blind and timid,
Who stands at the end of the dark street,

Lucky are you, groomed to be her
She doesn’t walk with a knife too often,

So she didn’t castrate you sooner.
And you think, with so much confidence:
If she does, she will be jailed, so she won’t.
She won’t, but remember, She CAN…

She always can; anytime, anywhere
For she is a human too, like you:
With eyes to find you, Legs to chase you,

And hands to hold the knife;
Yes, she too holds the knife sometimes.

~Jhilam Adhikary

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31.

JOURNEY OF LIFE

Journey begin while taking birth
Journey ends while leaving earth
The journey between the birth and death brings different modes
Which tell us to makes the best version of yourself
Which gives the wings to fly and enjoy the journey?
When day start with the shining sun
Nights ends with twinkling of stars
This day to night journey show you,
Your importance in life to live
If today is bad day Tomorrow will be a great day
So, share your happiness with your own way you can
This journey can't be constant by anyway
If past is our childhood Present is our teenage Future is our dream
This journey makes the life circle move from birth till the end of life to live

~ Kanishka Goyal

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AYODHYA CITY TOUR...

At the age of 21, that was the first time when I had gone out from home
with my friends to visit somewhere, that journey was very memorable, I
was going by train for the first time, we had a great moment and Haste
went smiling with full fun, we all had arrived at 8 o'clock in the night, we
were all tired of being out of love, so after reaching there we fixed the
morning for a walk and for the night we thought of staying at the guest
house where our There was a guest house, there was a Durga temple
nearby and in Ayodhya, the name of Ram is chanted day and night, Maya's
Aarti is done, so it was very relaxing now, we slept after eating whatever
we had taken to eat together. And as soon as morning we got ready,
bowed our heads in the temple and went out to visit the ghat, there we
went around the ghat and visited the whole day till 7 pm, we roamed and
saw the aarti happening on the Saryu bank at 8:30 pm we all returned We
all were tired of roaming around the room all day, so we decided to return
home the next morning and we did not even sleep in the night, just
thought of living that moment openly so that we would never forget all
this. I don't Ayodhya The trip to Gari will always be remembered.

~Kajal Bhargav

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33.

JOURNEY OF LIFE

Life is a Journey,
Filled with miracle and adventures,

We are all Passengers.
The way filled with valley & stony path,

With problems to solve,
Don't stunk with that,

Some may be a lessoned,
And Some be an experience.

Pass out with steady mind
And achieve your destination.

~ M. Jersalin Nishani

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34.
NIAGARA DREAMS

A tired Monday night dream
A mesmerizing icon in the town,
Gallons of water gushing down.
Standing admiring within enclosed walls,
Right in front of my retina, Niagara Falls
The sound of aqua, slashing the river,
Appears a radiant rainbow, with mist silver.
It is a pleasant September afternoon,

Listening to nature's tune!
Way back home witnessing falling of leaves: ferney,

Indeed, life is a beautiful journey.
~Muhamed Farhaan

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JOURNEY

35.

HEALING

Healing is a journey
Its paths are never easy
You are fine for days, and
when you thought it’s over
The pain stabbed again,
making you lost grip of everything
and pushing you back into darkness
It’s like a baby learning to walk
They’d fall, fall and always fall
But making progress in each attempt
Healing is one of the most difficult journeys,
one would encounter in life
No matter how much time it takes
You need to give yourself some time to heal

~ N. Sihhah

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36.

LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN

Let it begin without fears
Let it begin with adevotion
Let it wipe out your panics
Let it nourish you withlove
Let it roll down your soul
Let it leave you ambitious

Let it define you
Let it be you

Let's start the journey
Let's start the quest
The journey that starts with hope
The journey that flourishes with dreams
The journey that thrives with passion
The journey that ends with memories

~ Neelam Lashari

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JOURNEY

37.

JOURNEY

From the frustrating and exasperating world,
I stole few days to live for myself, away from all the worries unfurled,
Gave a lot of thought as to what could bring satisfaction to this soul,

Finally got an answer to go around on a journey whirled.
Excitedly packed the bags and visited the places around,
What a bliss it was to escape the tensions that surround,

New faces and new places, and no one to set bound,
My eyes were pleased to see all flora and fauna on the mound.
My mind unlocked, and my heart was bursting with new enthusiasm,
Recouped a new passion for working hard and achieving the goal without

thinking of any criticism,
I was flabbergasted that a minute change could be so awesome,

Justly nature is an accurate therapy to any spasm.
So, when tired of a monotonous lifestyle,

Consider going on a journey to relax your mind for a while and smile.
~Noor Tabasum

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38.
IT PAYS TO BE OBEDIENT

There lived a girl named Sandra, she was born with a silver spoon in her
mouth, she's the only child of her parents, so she was cherished a lot by
her parents and they tried to bring her up well, to be an independent lady
and not to be carried away by their wealth. Sandra is a girl that listen and
respect everyone around her, she doesn't look down on anyone but all of
that changed when she was admitted into the university. She began to
drift away from the teachings and morals she was taught at home. She was
living a reckless life; she doesn't care about anybody. She succumbed to
the advice of her peer group. So Sandra became wayward, she doesn't take
her studies seriously again, skips classes, goes out and hangs out with her
friends to night clubs instead of studying. Her parents began to notice the
changes in their daughter, as they saw that she asked for money frequently
and her nonchalant attitude towards her studies, so they cautioned her
saying that this is not you Sandra, this is not how I trained you to live
your life...change now! work and focus in your studies, so that you will
enjoy it later co.’s as "you lay your bed that's how you lie on it”. Still
Sandra refuse to adhere to the advice of her parents, she was influenced
by her bad friends. She was living a rough life she does all sorts of things.
She wasn't contended with what she has, her parents minimized the
money they were supplying to her monthly, so that she can fund for
herself and be prudent in dealing with the affairs of life. Then the time for
final year exam came, she couldn't perform well, though other exams she
has been making it by crook means but this time around there was a new
law in the school, so there's no way one can commit such blunder. Sandra
tries to gather herself up by trying to study so as not to disappoint her
parents. Unfortunately for her, she has contacted a deadly disease because
of her lascivious lifestyle, so she just managed to get a 'pass' which broke
the heart of her parents. It was then she realizes her mistake that she
didn't add value to her life and to the society. She regretted that she hasn't
listened to her parents and her good friends advise. Then she cried out
and said Ahhhhh! "It Pays to Be Obedient".

~Offiah Prudence Chukwuamaka

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