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A Lockdown Dream

Date : 22 April 2020

And I close my eyes

Slip into the world of dreams,

Of pretty flowers smiling

Beautiful birds chirping merrily,

The wind whistling happily

Lush green meadows to infinity,

With cows grazing Oh! Divinity,

Alas! I open my eyes

Only to find a pitiful sight,

Of gushing thick air

Through jungles of concrete as though a fair,

Birds searching for branches to nestle,

Dolphins no longer in sea

Whining… Oh please let me free!!

Now that’s a challenge in itself

To see the green through the ash

And blue through the black

Will the lockdown swing a wand

And bring desired changes to our land.

Grade 4, The Choice School, Kochi, Kerala

My Expressions