Starshine! - Shampa Chowdhury

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Starshine

Lock down you say
Nay if I may...
Isolation is God's consolation
It's not vacation
It's our resurrection
Emerge from the earth
To understand the dearth
Of love, affection and care
The dark and the hideous
They thought they had it all
Until came a darker but brighter force to stall
Arrogance, power, greed and hate
Treachery, betrayal, our fate
As the world cried
God said, it's still not too late my mate,
For the good to rise and shine
I grant you my forces divine!
Reach out to those suffering
For they are looking for the light
Born is a Dhruvatara so bright!
So here we are to stay
Isolation, lock down, vacation nay...
With a  heart filled with love and care
With hope and courage we too dare
It's not too late as said God
We can heal the earth
Of its dearth
Someone has to do it you know
So here we are with a bow
To hear all you want to say
As we live again  another day









Written by: Shampa Chowdhury (Psychologist)
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