Two poems by Deepti Shakya, India

 THE POWER OF WORDS

Words are the most powerful weapon,

Whether it is spoken or written.

Words can injure you without a weapon,

Words have a lot of power.

Sweet words bring sweetness in relationships,

While bitter words sour relations.

Very harsh words are no less than poison,

They sometimes become the reason for someone's depression.

Sometimes they can be the reason for someone's death too,

That's why words should be spoken thoughtfully.

Words coming out of mouth are like arrows,

Like an arrow fired from a bow can't come back.

Similarly, the words once out of mouth don't come back,

Kind words you say bring solace to a grieving person.

Sweet words bring closeness in relationships,

Words carry a lot of weight.

That's why before speaking the words,

We should take care what we are saying.

People often use bitter words in anger,

Words can lift you up or make you fall.

©Deepti Shakya, India 

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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

The sound of waves rising in the sea,

Forced me to go to the seashore,

I felt the sparkling ocean has sweetly called me,

The scent of the wet golden sand,

And the beauty of the ocean captivated me.

I was engrossed in seeing the beauty of the ocean,

Suddenly something caught my attention,

It was a glass bottle buried in the golden sand,

Inside which a mysterious letter was visible,

I was surprised to see the letter inside the bottle.

The enthusiasm to read that letter started awakening in me,

What would have been written in that letter?

Then slowly I picked up that bottle,

Opened the bottle and took out the letter from it,

I opened the letter and started reading the message written in it.

I was surprised to read that message,

It was written in that letter, 

"Please don't make the ocean dirty",

Don't throw garbage, plastic bottles in it,

Don't kill small and big creatures living inside the ocean.

It was not just a message, 

It was hidden the pain of the ocean,

Someone had given a message to explain,

The suffering of the ocean and the creatures living in it,

Truly this message made me feel the pain of ocean.

Deepti Shakya