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PHOTOGRAPHY:SOUBARNA MUKHERJEE, ISC 2020

LIFE CALCUTTA’S FORTITUDE

RIDDHIMA SEN, XI C ARYAAN MUKHERJEE ,XI C/XIIC

Life

Oh life!
Hints of fortitude lie resolute,
Thou art my companion
In this summer-drenched town
My soulmate,
of passion.
We are bound together,

By an eternal bond of love.
With its heat that evokes a
We are attached,
sense of vehemence,
By the same thread,
And its putrid stench that lures
To the boat of destiny.
you into a state of decadence.
We face tempests

And thunderstorms together.
Ignorance seems to be easier,
Thou art my friend,
Than the thorny galoshes of
Who offers a helping hand
what’s real.

When tempests strike,
Getting drenched is the only
The coasts of destiny.
option.