On the oc­ca­sion of World Earth Day, young artist Gurleen Kaur cel­e­brates with a poem and a paint­ing urg­ing peo­ple across the world to boldly brave the fall­out of the pre­sent pub­lic health sit­u­a­tion and see the pos­i­tive side of things. While the en­tire sce­nario may be de­press­ing, but so­lace, en­cour­age­ment and mo­ti­va­tion are tools of hu­mankind. Her words pro­vide the much-needed sooth­ing touch.  WSN proudly pre­sents the work of this young artist and promises more to come. 

EVERY MORN­ING THE SUN RISES  bear­ing gifts of a new day and fill­ing our life with light. The branches of trees dance in the am­brosial hours, birds sing and warmth oozes out and touches the soul. Cher­ish this and you will be over­come the dark­ness around you, she tells us through her paint­ing and her words.

One in every five is de­pressed
Only a few are seek­ing help
Of the pop­u­la­tion of bil­lions
Men­tal health threat­ens mil­lions
Yet, sun­shine is on the hori­zon, get out of dark­ness

Schiz­o­phre­nia and in­som­nia are gorg­ing brains
Stigma in­hibits from achiev­ing aims
With a neg­a­tive at­ti­tude of oth­ers
Gullible suf­fer and be losers
No wor­ries, sun­shine is on the hori­zon, get out of dark­ness

Treat­ment is­n’t shame­ful
It’ll make life colour­ful
Don’t be de­terred from joy life of­fers
When legs lose strength, grit works
When the sun shines, dark­ness dis­ap­pears

Men­tal health treat­able
Phys­i­cal health im­prov­able
Hap­pi­ness achiev­able
Life live­able
Sun­shine is in, out goes dark­ness

Gurleen Kaur is a young stu­dent of de­sign and lan­guages in the Pun­jab. She is liv­ing with her grand­par­ents dur­ing the lock­down and spends her time paint­ing, writ­ing and tele­men­tor­ing.