‘The Antagonist’: Poem by Abhishek Devacharan, Apeejay School, Noida

All born sinners, none born sainted,

It all depends on how much blood we’ve painted.

They’ve either left, or have been taken
All my loved ones have forsaken.
A hero in one book, a villain in the other
In both books I must suffer

So who are you to tell me what’s right?
You’re no angel, born from heaven’s light
Aren’t you a villain too?
Haven’t you done wrong before?
How I am is the product of what I’ve been through,
Why must we fight more?

To make a better world, a world anew
To prevent this, you bring war
If I have to kill and hit
If so, then so be it.

Poem by Abhishek Devacharan

Apeejay School, Noida