A grade 9 student of JSS International School, Dubai, Malavika Pavothil has been expressing herself through poetry since the age of 9.
Her poetic work affirms her hope in humanity, life and in honest human relationships. Apart from her keen interest in poetry, Malavika is an ardent animal lover, plays the guitar and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.
Building Bridges
We build one too many walls
And never enough bridges.
Unearthing all ego
From molehills to ridges.
We claim the skies as ours
And land oft ne’er spared
For in the end no mortal
Is left- all undeclared.
Disliking built in time
Barriers kept the distance
Yet nix a soul in sight
In all of pride’s existence.
What must we do now?
I’ll repeat the obvious:
“BUILD BACK OUR BRIDGES! “
For harmony- like Orpheus.
Humanity soon got to work
With not much time in hands
A lifetimes connection and hardship,
Bound to understand.
But the one problem with us, “simians”
Or so we called ourselves that,
Looked into ones true colors
‘‘Twas merely the cold hard fact.
We build one too many walls
And never enough bridges.
Unearthing all ego
From molehills to ridges.
About the School
The Core Purpose of the JSS International School is to transform lives for the benefit of society in our diverse nation and the constituent institutions embrace the core values of learning, discovery, freedom, leadership, individual opportunity and responsibility.
