Life

Life is a river
That flows
Born from a spring

Life holds hopes
Life has promises
Keeping promises
before sleep
Is the duty

The baby born from its mother
Cries for milk
Cries for food
Cries for love

The baby grows
Goes to school
Read the words
Learns to read

The baby becomes
A teenager begins to
Study the books
Has the adventures

Go to university
Read for diplomas
Sit the examinations
Get a job in life

Begin a family
Work for the family

What is in between
The birth and death
We have to make
Full use of it

Make this
short journey
Worthwhile What is
in between
Matters the most

People are born
People die
Life is a flower
To be born and to die

Akeef Ahamed
Grade 8
Royal International School
Kurunegala