We never dare span the ocean with a single drop

And a single sprout can never estimate the entire crop

A galaxy cannot by changed by a single star

And a single step seldom takes you to places afar

A single lamp can never measure the Sun’s glow

And a single second rarely affects the time’s flow

A braid is never tied with a single strand

And battles never win upon a single command

A mountain cannot crumble from a single stone

And a beaver cannot build a dam alone

A single thread never weaves a gown

And a single mayor never builds a town

A single grain can never suffice a plate

And a single lesson can never fill the slate

A single turn can never decide the end

For there is no choice on earth that one fails to mend

All the things merely start at step one

It is the journey where the real progress is done

Then why, O’ Student, I must question thou

You believe a single exam decides your life somehow

-Veda Samhita

6/2/2025