If I were...

If I were a bird, I'd be an eagle,

I'd not flutter by the sea side,

like a stupid seagull,

I’d fly high with pride!

If I were an animal, I'd be a hare,

I'd not laze around,

like a fat bear,

I'd leap on the ground!

If I were an insect, I'd be a bee,

I'd not, all over animals, jump

like a pesky flea,

If you'd hurt me, I’d give you a sting on your rump!

But I’m a human, I love the way I am,

I’m just like the animals I want to be!

Energetic, fast, and proud I am,

I hope someone out there wants to be like me!

~ Anoushka Sabnis

A Talking Shoe Wish

If my shoes could talk,

And side by side walk;

It would be just awesome,

Sometimes irritating, but mostly fun!

When it's playtime after school,

My shoes would come jumping, as if so cool;

They'd shout and say,

"Come on, wear us, let's run and play!"

When tired I would pant,

They'd come up sneakily, like little ants,

Those sneakers would sit on my head,

And stubbornly not get off my bed!

Then sneakily, when they would be sleeping, I would,

tie their laces together, and let them be still.

Ha! What fun it would be,

To see them struggle to untie, I'll guffaw in glee!

But sometimes I wish, if talk they really could,

they'll make companions good!

We would chatter and not feel lone,

And have fun in our awesome playzone!

~ Anoushka Sabnis

My Pet Bat (poem)

One late night, I saw a bat,

Hanging on a tree,

With a gold streak on its wing,

It suddenly winked at me! 

"Can I be your pet?"

It swooped down and asked me,

Yes, he spoke words in English,

A talking bat! But well, I did agree!!

A month passed by, frolicking together,

Then we tried out something new. 

He became my hand-glider! 

Which is only possible for bats rare and few. 

He was quite large, you know! 

We flew all over the world,

From Arctic to Antartic, 

Our glider whirled! 

He is my any-time-travel buddy,

The best I've ever had;

And to have him as a friend, 

Makes me really glad!

~ Anoushka Sabnis

A Fluttery Dreamer (poem)

 

I am a butterfly,

Colourful and small,

I may have a silly dream,

I may not be prettiest of all.

But I don't want to flutter around,

I want to soar the sky,

My friends all make fun of me, 

They say things with fie!

My dreams, my thoughts,

My folks don't agree,

I still fly high in the vast sky,

So they too can understand and see.

One day I flew for hours and hours, 

Up high with the clouds so white

I saw green meadows and grazers below,

Oh my! What a spectacular sight!

On that day something changed,

My friends listened to my tales with belief,

They too now fly high with me,

And have now made me their chief!

~ Anoushka Sabnis