Janvi Manish Makhija, Class 9, The J.B.Vachha High School, Mumbai
The night makes me frighten, With the airy wind looking very scary, In the lonely night In the blinking stardust of a pale blue light, In the Big cities and bright lights Short days and long nights, Hiding my head under the blanket, And being lost in the Oblivion The ease with which I sleep Tends to frighten me, The moon holds the light And the moons this spinning globe Shedding light upon the road, I see a man in the Greenwood… Roaring with the windsong, burning in fiery glow, Screaming through the darkness Roaring with the windsong Screaming out alone in the night Just a time and place Pulled me out of the shadow of my space Tiptoeing and holding my breath Almost knocking over a lamp, Switching it on, Going in for afterglow Or candlelight on the mistletoe Theres a shadow underneath the tree Someone running, someone no one needs Sometimes darkness is the only light we see, Check the man on the corner Who could it be, I can’t see Cause his face is covered with a hood, As I walked and walked, Placing up the courage over the top, I saw the tree hid in the shadow, Twirl me about and twirl me around Let me grow dizzy and fall to the ground And when I look up at you looking down Say it was only a dream! Just a, just a, just a dream Just a, just a, just a dream!