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The world is open

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The world opened

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
9:56 AM

The whole world opened for me
I thought I am a free bird
For each object, I have a word 
For this transformation, I pray the lord

When I was sent to school
I was called a fool
But parents took a chance 
There was enough of negligence

It was first birth in the literary world
So many things were told
The basic education was imparted
And most important of all was I was getting educated

The rivers, mountains and children appealed me 
What sort of attraction they had to feel in me!
I was getting ready for the new jump
And dared little for hurdle or bump 

The nooks gave me another birth
It was real insight and provided powerful teeth
Now I had an urge to know more
There was an appetite to explore

The world seemed to be a large ocean 
To take deep in water and feel like heaven
Now I was positively driven 
With no guilty conscious and fully human    

Jadia4708au

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