Siddharth Kumar Mehta Poems

I may not reach the heights I seek,
My untried strength may fail me;
Or, halfway up the mountain peak
Fierce tempests may assail me.
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Nothing. When we realized you weren't here
we sat with our hands folded on our desks
in silence, for the full two hours
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When I was little I used to flip to the last page of my chosen library book first and read it aloud to myself.
I thought by doing this I would be made privy to some secret information.
I could outsmart the author and figure it all out before he or she intended.
I could win.
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I'm busy;
but not in the way
most people accept.
I'm busy calming my fear
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
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