About the Poet

Adhithya Sasikumar, a student of grade 11 of Scholars Indian School, aged 16, a passionate reader, who is trying to navigate through a world with broken glasses and thorn less roses.

I Am A Human

I am a creator,

A creator of heights,

Of words and power.

I am a destructor,

A destructor of hope,

Of purity and spaces.

I am a giver,

A giver of life,

Of love and light.

I am a mourner,

A mourner of death,

Of silence and compassion.

I am a protector,

A protector of sanity,

Of virtue and visions.

I am a believer,

A believer of mercy,

Of peace and posterity.

I am a survivor,

A survivor of tolerance,

Of society and stereotypes.

I am a traveller,

A traveller of conscience,

Of faith and sacrifice.

I am a lover,

A lover of passion,

Of people and philosophy.

I am a human,

A human of consciousness,

Of miracles and madness.