"Would You Know?" - A Poem by Keertana Kuchipudi

Would You Know?

How will you know how wonderful joy is,

Unless you know how dreadful sorrow is?

How will you know how beautiful light is,

Unless you know how terrifying the dark is?

How will you know how blissful love is,

Unless you know how baneful hatred is?

How will you know how liberating clarity is,

Unless you know how incarcerating oblivion is?

How will you know how invaluable prudence is,

Unless you know how dispensable imprudence is?

                                                   - Keertana Kuchipudi (FsCCs)

"Without A Sound" - A Poem by Ciri Kovida

Without A Sound

Never made a sound, never made a noise.

Never knocked on my door, never took my permission,

You made your way into my life every single day.

Gleaming with joy, you wake me up, 

With your bright smile in an upward curve;

Making me realize there’s a bright day after every dark night.

I ask how you entreated me to leave the past and live in the present,

Without uttering a single word.

I ask you how you made your way even under sway,

Bringing in enough hope to last the entire day.

I ask how you radiated the warmth of a mother’s embrace

Without the melody of her song or her presence.

I ask how you left a mark on a lark,

And helped me embark my existence.

I ask you, ray of sunlight,

"Why do you enter my bound without a sound?"

                                                       - Ciri Kovida (BA)