There was once a little boy
All of one and seven
He picked a tattered tome
Read it and went to heaven
Days and nights he sat
With books around him spread
Faraway lands and castles
Knights and Musketeers in his head
He laughed and cried and sang
Worried and worshipped with them
Twist and D’Artagnan and Fogg
Every adventure a gem
All he ever wanted
Was to imagine and write
A book, a story, a tale
Of valor, chivalry, and might
He filled pages and lines
With stories of yore
Neglected his studies and exams
His life immersed in lore
His results disappointed his family
The boy felt too much shame
shelved his love for books
Focused on making a name
Half and a full decade rolled past
The boy was now a man
Had a job and a family
He took the ball and ran
Seven years ago he felt
The beginning of an itch
The urge to write came roaring
As if he’d flipped the switch
He enrolled for a course
And started a blog
Learnt a lot about techniques
but writing? T’was definitely a slog
Few more years rolled by
The boy was now a father
Nowhere close he was
To becoming an author
Everything changed this April
He wrote a story every day
About family, love, and killers
He had a book come May
Seven long years it took
With his destiny a tryst
Go read his book, it’s called
A poetic reflection of your writing journey! Marvelous! Congratulations on the book and on completing the challenge successfully, Varad.
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Your twitter share is using WordPress handle. It would be better if you change it to yours. Varad. 🙂
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Loved your post “Ballad of a Boy”
Very well written 🙂
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Fabulous take on the prompt and a grand way to end this #Barathon, Varad! Will surely read your book and must tell you, all your posts were fantastic! Well done!!
My Day 7 #Barathon post is here: https://mysoultalks.com/2018/07/16/happily-hitched-forever/
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Best ever way to cross the finish way in style, Varad! Now we know “makingin of Varad, an Author”. More power to your thinking brain and pen…
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Wow, Varad. Congratulations on your book and living your dream. As I have said before also, Tales with a Twist is going to be a huge success. All the very best to you. And what a novel way of sharing your life story. Loved it. You have a new fan of your work in me.
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Fortune favours the brave! Congratulations on living your dream
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🙂 🙂 Maybe the next 7 years will be a whole different story.
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That is a great autobiographical poem Varad. Please do chase your passion. Don’t let go. I found my passion at the age of 50. You are much younger than I am. You are immensely talented. I look forward to seeing you flourish as an author.
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so well explained the dreams of boy and his efforts on writing… nice varad..
#Barathon 2018
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An autobiographical poem! Wow. Enjoyed every word of it. I have been reading your stories long before A2Z. I do like your stories. But if you read my entry for today’s BarAThon, you will know what stories I like more! (wink wink).
https://balconysunrise.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/seven-year-itch-barathon-2018/
Congrats on being a published author. See you around! Cheers, Varad!
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This is awesome, Varad! I hope to read many more books written by you. 🙂
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Take a bow Varad. You are a writer par excellence and I have continuously been inspired by you. I am glad to have met you through A2Z challenge and feel privileged to have read every single post of your during WTFOW and Bar-A-Thon.
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