The Place Prevails

There's a place I want to go to,

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but it's out of my reach.

It's the same place I often visit in my dreams.

Some say the place doesn't exist.

Some even say I've gone mad.

But then I stop and ask myself-

is the place really that bad?

The place wasn't bad,

but the people were glad

by making me sad.

Pessimists overload.

I was looking for a happy road.

The dreams, the place,

were replaced by nightmares.

But then I realised

the people who seemed nice

were actually people in disguise.

All along I knew

the place wasn’t real,

but it existed in my heart.

Oh, how foolish the people were,

To think that they destroyed me.

and the place in my heart.

Ruhani Bachan, Class X, Kids R Kids Secondary School , Chandigarh