chandrima

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not dead

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as i see you
sleep peacefully
while i'm still here,
i know,how
a vagabond seeks home
in wander

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you be the art
you, the artist
paint your canvas with
dots. spiral and hatches;
teal. grey. black.
of all the shades, you've ever been forbidden
the darkest and the dullest
the brightest, the loudest
for it's the canvas you've been,
not to be furnished aside
but, an art
rare and fine, an artist
finest!

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ये रात एक अजनबी सा
ये बाते कुछ अधूरी सी,
करवटो में लिपटी तेरी यादें
जैसे नींद, कोई पहेली सी।

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It leaves you with,
another chance
to love yourself all over again.

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distance did never matter much
until, silence began filling the gaps

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I see the beauty and the beast,
Beauty, as it hides all its scars,
the cuts and bruises along the dark serene shades.

Beast,as it hides all its scars,
deep agonies and endless ruptures within darkness engraved.

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One score and a more
uncovered, our despise to changes and
evanescence of "I need a break",
being a constant hymn before;
In these days, my vision reversed
to see, being a part of the race was never cursed,
as often i believed;
Books, music, art are not life long ecstasy
Not at all to replace the mundane work,
which was now more of a fantasy;
That I am still beautiful with unshaven legs and bushy brows
and love was never about "Meet me on Saturdays, else I'll leave" like nasty woes;
I found, his dimpled wide smile could no longer make my day,
For they soothed me more at nights after hectic play;
That Fridays were not the joy we longed,
Mondays', the zesty clan we belonged;
My tanned skin I missed
For it was all once sun kissed;
I too missed that cliché lady on train,
wondered if she was fine
For she was also, a mother of nine;

One score and a more,
I knew, this was once to end,
But in these, a life I did insanely prehend.

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a single star twinkling at a time
i saw tonight
leaving the edge, i looked once
for the last,
many i saw then, inch by inch

maybe that's how,
we see a dream at a time
and many;
when
leave the time

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