This poem reflects on life as a personal examination where every individual receives unique challenges. It encourages self-trust, patience, and authenticity, reminding readers that true success comes not from imitation but from embracing one’s own path.

# Life’s True Exam #

Life is the hardest test, I feel,
With questions no one else can see.
We search for guides along the way,
Yet none can solve our mystery.

We glance around at others’ sheets,
And fear our page is not the same,
But every soul its own path meets,
Its own true loss, its own true gain.

The smart one may write with speed,
And the quiet one may pause and cry,
Yet both are learning what they need,
Though different stars light up their sky.

Friends, life’s exam is not unfair,
It’s shaped by trials and what hearts dream.
No copied lines can take us there,
No borrowed light can make dawn beam.

So write your answers, slow or fast,
In ink of hope, without fear or blame,
The ones who pass are those at last
Who play their own, not others’ game.

(Vijay Verma)
www.retiredkalam.com

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