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             Our Greatest Ally Or The Worst Of Our Enemies?


                        Hope is a pretty                                       sun would inevitably rise, as it
                        common word, isn’tit?                                  does every single day! Hope too,
                        But it means just so                                   just like every other heavenly
                        much to so many...In                                   boon, has a bane. The bane is
                        times of need, we                                      that hope prolongs and elevates
             always wait and wish for good                                     our miseries.  To say it simply,
             times and happenings, that’s                                      hope disheartens us and gives us
             hope for you. When we think that                                  a false sense of safety and adds
             we are having the worst day of                                    to our expectations. It makes you
             our life but still picturize ourselves                            sad, really sad and it makes the
             happy and in a good position at                                   situation worse, as time passes
             the end of the day, that again is                                 by… It is the worst of our demons
             hope, ladies and gentlemen! If                                    you see, and just like every other
             you are cherishing the greatest                                   feeling, there are two sides of the
             moments of your life and still                                    coin. Nevertheless, it holds a
             expect better days to come, and                                   special position in our hearts and
             finally get only disappointment,                                  continues to make us feel hopeful
                                                  Sneha Banik Class IX B DS
             then that is Sir Charles Dickens                                  and gleeful to say the least. Emily
             for you! Coming back to square   guides us through the gloomy,    Dickinson, a great American poet
             one, hope is really important and  deserted yet thriving woods,   once said, and now I quote that –
             in these troubling times, it is  which is life itself. It helps us
             surely a life-saver. It is the only  through the toughest times that  Hope is the thing with feathers.
             one thing that keeps us looking  even we cannot afford to face    That perches in the soul,
             forward to what the future beholds  alone. Hope tells a story of its  And sings the tune without the
             for us. It is the only key through  own. It tells us that the bleak and  words,
             the doorways of darkness and it  daunting clouds would soon       And never stops at all.
             is the only sparkle in our eyes that  disappear from sight and a new  Uttiya Gupta - X IGCSE


               Hope, Our Strength


                          Hope is something
                          That has given us                         Peace amid Pandemic
                          courage
                                                                               Mother Earth was busy as
                          To fight for our lives                               usual...
                          In these tough times.                                Children going to school,
               Hope is something
                                                                               parents busy with work
               That has given us the reason to live                            schedule.
               The reason to fight, the reason to
                                                                    Suddenly then a misfortune came and
               love.                                                took away planet Earth's fame...
               Hope is the fire                                     We got engulfed by something evil, life got
               That burns within us
                                                                    enclosed in a shell.
               Which makes us fulfil dreams                         Workload increased manifold, but family
               Even if it is unfathomable
                                                                    bonding became bold...
               Hope is the reason                                   Thanks to the locked lifestyle, that made
               That made us trust each other                        us work an extra mile.
               In the hardest of times,
                                                                    We will emerge even stronger...
               In the wildest of dreams.                            Let's hope and pray to God to make us
               Hope is the freedom
                                                                    mightier.
               That has made us find our way
               As that is the only way to life                      Adrita Sarkar, V-B (DB)
               To keep our hope alive.          Josheeta Banerjee
                                                  V, Sec - B (DS)
               PrithvijayMalakar, 8 A (DS)
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