The Fire Beneath

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Anamika Sharma

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Anamika Sharma

Anamika Sharma is currently working as a content writer. She has served in the schools of Himachal as well as of Punjab as a PGT. She has completed her MPhil in English Literature from Himachal Pradesh University. Besides literature, she has keen interest in writing and singing. She has done her research on Partition Literature on the topic "The Writer as a Historical Witness: An alternative voice in Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan and Chaman Nahal’s Ajadi.”

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The Fire Beneath

When obscurities fall and skies grow dim,
and winds of uncertainty begin to brim,
Hold fast the flare that burns inside,
for courage blooms where fears reside.
A heart of steel, though mutilated and worn,
still rises stout at every dawn.
Through tribunals deep and mountains steep,
it beats with hope that will not sleep.
For in the murkiest hour’s chill,
the spirit stances, unbroken still.
With every pace, with every stride,
the weight of uncertainty is cast aside.
Optimism, like morning’s light,
cuts over the long and infinite night.
It murmurs soft, “The way is clear—
No path is mislaid, no dream too dear.”
So walk with valour in your soul,
Though squalls may try to take their toll.

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