Silver Lining …..A ray of hope

Silver Lining …..A ray of hope! Mehak Soin, a rising writer from Melbourne

Covid 19 pandemic has restricted so much in daily life , that for few it has stopped everything , but for aspiring ones it has given an opportunity for a deep thought process .

Daljeet Bakshi

Arising star Mehak , 10 years old and a student of year 4 from Melbourne Victoria has penned down a poem ‘Silver Lining’ on the theme of Hope. During pandemic, Independent Schools Victoria organised an initiative as poem competition with the theme of Hope. Mehak’s poem ‘Silver Lining’ was selected as entry from her School and out of nearly 300 entries in the competition, it was judged as a winner.

Every magical word of her poem has sparkled everyone’s heart with HOPE – for LIFE, HAPPINES, And BETTER DAYS. Whosoever, have read these words of her

poem, always wish to read and listen it again. Deputy Premier of Victoria Hon James Merlino and CEO of ISV appreciated it and in one of their addresses mentioned about these lines from Mehak’s poem.

“We are braver than we believe We are stronger than we seem Tough times never last”

Recently, our team has spoken to Mehak and her parents Manpreet and Mandeep. Confident Mehak wants to be a journalist and writer, when she grows up. Her determination is strong for her poetry. At this age of 10 years, she has not only brought laurels for herself and her family, but also for the community.

We are pleased to share the poem of Mehak

Silver Lining

Dark, Doom, Danger Moon mysteriously gone

The winds wearing down Schools amidst shutdowns People living in lockdown Nation in nightmare World suffering in sadness All I hear are sounds of silence Things are going tough

Universe is united in cure People healing with hope Workers are our warriors We are braver than we believe We are stronger than we seem Tough times never last Now is the time to stand up or never Together we will get through Australia, we are in it altogether

She has written another remarkable collection of words ‘Life in Lockdown’.

The year was 2020, a year to be the same as the others but little did we know that this year will be part of history’s biggest moments

A deadly virus opened its gates and before long, the whole world was a victim to the virus. We had to go into a curfew and a lockdown here in Melbourne. We were far from friends, family and our relatives. We were away from our teachers and colleagues. We were left with a scary future ahead of us.

We never looked towards the positive side of lockdown like being with our family and having more time at home than we could ever expect.

Even though kids were doing online learning, parents were at home and we were scared to even step out of our house, we knew that we would get over this virus.

Our minds told us that this virus will roam around forever but our hearts told us to believe in ourselves and get over this virus.

Staying apart keeps us together

On Behalf of Desi Australia, we congratulate Mehak and wish her good luck for her future endeavours!