Nishika Panchal
Children
First I was one
I could do anything it was fun
When I was two
I was almost new
Then I began three
Oh I was so free
When I was four
I was not too small anymore
When I was five
I was just alive
I am five
“You’re not capable of doing it, you little kid with a crook!” “You’re not capable of doing it, you little kid with a crook!”
Son, what will people say? Just go and mend your ways. Son, what will people say? Just go and mend your ways.
Nothing remains except those priceless thoughts and never-ending tears. Nothing remains except those priceless thoughts and never-ending tears.
I remember those vacations at Grandma's, Huge vast house, with a big entrance gate... I remember those vacations at Grandma's, Huge vast house, with a big entrance g...
I want to fly away like a bird; Higher and higher. I want to fly away like a bird; Higher and higher.
My grandmother's hands are strong, My grandmother's hands are strong,
I am born in a world where, Women are marked by inferiority, I am born in a world where, Women are marked by inferiority,
That Friday prior to the Christmas eve, From my buddies as I took leave... That Friday prior to the Christmas eve, From my buddies as I took leave...
In the country, this created a huge fuss. In the country, this created a huge fuss.
The gaiety soared beyond the ambit, The gaiety soared beyond the ambit,
Colors flinging on bare screens, Azure washes and magenta tides. Colors flinging on bare screens, Azure washes and magenta tides.
For all the things I didn’t say, About how you felt along the way. For all the things I didn’t say, About how you felt along the way.
I'm unable to get my mind off these so many lovely phrases of "some" novels I'm unable to get my mind off these so many lovely phrases of "some" novels
It's been quite a while at home I have been patiently sitting It's been quite a while at home I have been patiently sitting
Challenges, what does it mean? Something that brings problems never seen... Challenges, what does it mean? Something that brings problems never seen...
As soon as I rang, you at once rushed with joy, As soon as I rang, you at once rushed with joy,
I know it isn’t easy to voice your thoughts I know it isn’t easy to voice your thoughts
A minute of silence, The nurse opens the door... A minute of silence, The nurse opens the door...
You have been always my mentor, My inspiration, and my permanent guarantor. You have been always my mentor, My inspiration, and my permanent guarantor.
I look around me sometimes in tears, Wonder at things I see, I look around me sometimes in tears, Wonder at things I see,