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Just how? There is so much to do and learn in this
world. It is full of curious things, yet I simply never
noticed all this. The world is full of wonders and the
extent of its beauty is inexhaustible. How could I get
so immersed in pain and darkness that I forgot the
light? Looking back, I wonder if I was ever truly in pain.
Or was it all a figment of my imagination? I grieved
over something impossible. How can I lose something
when I don’t even possess it in the first place? I forgot
that no one can lose anyone because we can’t possess
anyone. We belong to ourselves. Life moves so fast, it
takes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.
Remorsing over the past is the most futile thing I have
ever done. I never noticed the perfect world that
resided amidst hell and heaven, pain and pleasure,
beauty and crudeness, sensivity and callousness,
depth and fickleness, and compassion and cruelty and
at this moment of realization, there were tears in my
eyes and goosebumps on the gentle skin of my hands.
I was mesmerised by the flawless beauty of this earth.
This world is just flawless. So am I, and so is every
creature residing on it.

MAITRI CHAUDHARY
GRADE XI