C- Grade-nanotale by Arathi Menon

"Oh, no! I never expected my marks to be so low! After all I've studied and written, it's just a C!My parents are gonna be so angry with me! This is horrible!"
"Yay!. I never expected my marks to be so high. After all I've studied and written, I made it to a C! My parents are gonna be so happy! This is Great!"

Dark Cloud- by Arathi Menon

On a day of sunshine
You see a dark cloud
Pacing towards, slowly
to swallow the yellow disc
Then darkness spreads....

But no, do not despair
The grey mass may soil
The bright matte of the sky
But from these dull giants of the sky
come little drops of water
falling fast, to embrace the soil
soothing wounds of tools
washing away the dryness and
waking up dormant life

These dark clouds
so dull as it seems
are never to be frowned at
as it made earth blue and green

Digital Painting by Arathi Menon- A Girl

Gratefulness- by Arathi Menon

Gratefulness
When we win something, we are elated. We feel that it is all because of our own effort and nothing else. we then celebrate this in a grand manner and walk around with this ego.
But, on the other hand, when we lose, we get irritated. Here, we never take responsibility for our loss. We then blame it on God, or everyone else around us.
What happens around us is the result of a uniform mixture of our own efforts, our surroundings, and of course, divine intervention. We must acknowledge this every moment of our lives, sad or happy.
Have a good day

The Infant- by Arathi Menon

The Infant

Smiling through the chubbiness

And its wide eyes

Capture every drop of beauty

In every morsel of nature

With full of faith

In its caregiver’s hands

It laughs at the most funniest

To the darkest of faces

Making even a monster’s heart melt

As its young red blood

Flows in a lighter heart

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Go Back- by Arathi Menon

Go Back

When I was little

And knew nothing much

About the world

There was only light

No bars of fear

No thorns of hate

Where I lived was a beautiful place

But later,

I know not why

And what eclipsed

That light in my heart

And how, through these years

Imaginary shackles around my wrist,

Cactus around, and pricking

Appeared

But what I pray for is now

To go back

To those prejudice free, carefree days

When though tiny, seemingly helpless

Was when I was bravest

And stop time

That makes my limbs grow

And shrinks my heart

I want to go back

To when I was little.
Arathi Menon

Faith- by Arathi Menon

Faith

I shall be happy

As long as I have faith

I shall be safe

As long as I have faith

And no fierce tempest

Shall drown me

Nor I get lost

In a dense forest

No fire of anger

No arrow of pain

Shall burn me

Or hurt me

As long as I am in

Your palm

I shall be happy

I shall be safe

I shall have faith
Arathi Menon