By Palak Thakkar
We all fall, we all rise
In the last decade we have seen both and its suffice;
Nature stands here with worst catastrophe;
Man could do nothing but hope for the next day to arise.
I like a toddler waited jumped & contained the excitement,
Of new opportunities that came all my way
The heart was heavy with new job and a new journey of life,
Never ever thought all the happy moments would come with a price.
In the world where Steve jobs gave a new definition to digital communication,
Smart phones with revolution stirred the generation;
We have seen the ugly destruction of godly land Kedarnath,
Hopes were shattered in water and built again to rise.
In the world which saw feminism at different high,
With the ‘Me Too’ movement adding to it,
We saw young Nirbhaya crying the death of Cruelty
Laws were questioned and nation faced the demise
In the world full of political disparity and conundrum,
We trusted and elected Narendra Modi as a man of power;
He envisioned and actually took the nation to new heights,
A pride to beareth and A hero above all wise.
Some battles were won and some were lost
We saw Bin Laden holding a gun of terror;
Followed with scintillating events that took many lives
Tsunamis and deadly cyclones hit the space only to terrorize.
The world of Mail and letter converted into Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp chats
We saw the digital revolution with naked eye,
Beholding the beauty within, We are moving to next decade
With hopes and only hopes to leap the jump twice
In the world where discrimination and racism followed the rage,
Movement like black lives matter were encouraged
Uri and Phulwama attacks brought the nation together,
We fought, we rebelled and we emerged as one
In the world where nobel prices for vaccine and finance were won,
We snatched national pride by launch of chandrayaana-2
Together we lost a visionary legend and my idol APJ Abdul Kalam
We saw the fall of great but too saw the rise of young and bold Malala.
In the World that saw rising epic, a visual treat and grandeur Bahubali,
Entertaining us to the fullest,
End of the year lost the brook of talents, like Rishi Kapoor, Irfan Khan and Sushant singh Rajput
Left us as if went in disguise.
In the World which encouraged strong feminist power,
With raising voices of Nirmala Sitharaman, Jacinda Ardern, KK Shailja, Jayanti Ravi and Kamal Harris
We saw shortage and drench in economy,
With a major setback of demonetisation impacting all rats and mice
In the world where no fear could stop us
A naïve COVID virus entered our lives and posed a pandemic;
That mirrored to us our mortal restricted rights,
We realized no one can reside, beside nature on earth and see the sunrise
Birds and animals rejuvenated laughing on us
Teaching a new lesson every day,
Hope we get the brains, a direction to travel to the next decade
With life of peace and mercy on very own motherland and then we rejoice.
By Palak Thakkar
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