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I’ve come across many beautiful beliefs,
From different faiths,
Different hearts.
Some I may not fully understand,
Some I may not entirely agree with.
Yet none have left me empty.
Each one carries
A light,
A lesson,
A gentle whisper from the Divine.
I am just beginning this journey,
Still learning,
Still searching,
Still growing with every step.
Perhaps I am a little unaware,
But until today,
I didn’t know that different heart colors
Carry different meanings.
Still, I wonder…
Does the color truly matter?
I am not made to stay small.
I am not here merely to survive.
I am here
To bloom!
To live!
To love!
To shine!
Every heart is a tender reflection
Of the emotions we hold inside.
I want to be honest about it.

Bio:- Monalisa Parida is an Assistant professor of English in Bhubaneswar College of Engineering Jankia, Odisha and a prolific poetess. She is very active in social media platforms and her poems have also been translated into different languages and publish in various e-journals. She has received 100 International Award for writing poetry. Her poems have been publishing international e-journals “New York Parrot”, “The Writers Club” (USA), “Suriyadoya Literary Foundation”, “Kabita Minar”, “Indian Periodical” (India) and “Offline Thinker “, “The Gorkha Times “ ( Nepal), “The Light House”(Portugal), “Bharatvision”(Romania), “International cultural forum for humanity and creativity”(Aleppo, Syria), “Atunispoetry.com”(Singapore) etc. and also published in various newspapers like “The Punjabi Writer Weekly (USA)”, “News Kashmir (J&K, India)”, “Republic of Sungurlu (Turkey)” etc. One of her poems published an American anthology named “The Literary Parrot Series-1 and series-2 respectively (New York, USA)”. Her poems have been translated into various languages like Hindi, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, Romanian etc. and she is the author of the Book “Search For Serenity”, “My Favourite Grammar”, “Paradigm”, “Beyond Gorgeous”, “Rendezvous.” Her writings are teaching many schools in Nepal.