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Annual Magazine

I'm a book. Don't judge
I'm a book. Don't judge
I'm a book. Don't judge
me by my cover.
me by my cover. Sanskriti Gupta
me by my cover.
B. Com, IIIrd Sem.

I'm a book,
Don't judge me by my cover.
On some pages I'm tender

On some pages I'm thunder,
Every chapter unmasks a lie
I've been told about who I'm supposed to be
I got rid of footnotes to give up on that need to always justify myself.

Gratitude, my northstar
rewrites an eloquent
Acknowledgement session
each nad everyday

Purpose,my faithful companion,
Ensures the plot does not revolve around me,
And includes all the lips I can lift in a smile.
I'm a book and when you are done reading

That you leave a good or bad review.
I still don't know how to tame my hair,
Nor my thoughts
But I'm learning,to stroke them

As harp chords in tune with the sea,
My Little hand says write,
Don't worry about the people getting out of sight.
They told you to fear mondays

And you beleived it without a question,
Until you wondered without fear
Could be replaced with all your passions
Write my dear hand,write,

Of mindful discoveries, of values that unite,
An expert is nothing,
But a lifelong student
Identify the struggles that

You can help make right.
Everyone's fighting some small or bigger war,
Ask what you know,
That you can share to bring releif to their doors as well.

16 Volume-VIII, 2020