Our gurus:

Teachers are our second parents

They have got many great talents

They shows us the right way

We must follow what they say

They teach us with love and care

Their love is equal and fair.

— Rythm Karki, Class II, VS GEMS

My country, my pride:

My country

Is the country of Mt Everest

The top of the world

The Himalayas where we see the snow.

My country

Is the country of temples

Where we have deep beliefs

My country

Is the country of rivers

And natural beauty that we enjoy.

My country

Is the country of unity in diversity

Where we live together in harmony.

My country

Is the country of tourists

And hydroelectric power.

My country

Is the birthplace of Lord Buddha

Where we live peacefully

I am proud of my country

My country, my pride.

— Shreya Singh, Class VI, Pennwood Academy

Loneliness:

The life that I am living

Is in someway incomplete

I don’t know what’s

missing

Nor the place to find it.

My life is lonely

Lonely in some way

And I am lost in this place

Where I don’t want to stay.

I feel lonely

Wherever I go

On the top of a mountain

Or deep in the sea.

I don’t know when my life will change

Or or the loneliness fade away

But I will try with all my heart

And change this world someday.

— Nuru Jangbu Lama, Class IX, Himalayan Children’s Foundation School