The darkness of the night pinches.
The black leaves me drained;
The stars seem distant.
Something so fulfilling,
Yet, a part of me goes missing.
Illusions lead me to narrow roads;
I walk like the end never existed.
My corrosive passion burns me slowly.
The light at the end of each road
Kindles hopes that I thought would never erode.
As I go closer, the blinding lights turn darker.
I am trapped in a pool of unknown emotions!
My own shrieks reverberate
As my trust withers away.
The stars seem more distant;
Illusions no longer beckon me.
A part of me goes missing
Trying to find magic
In the heart of harsh truths.

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I have known you for a while!
Distant places reach out to me
Like photos in the album of my memory.
Words stuck in between pauses,
Phrases lost in translation,
The poignant sound of silence-
Remind me of a surreal 'you'.

The waves of time hit on the shores
Of what my eyes cannot perceive.
A sharp jab of pain unnerves me.
Reality is but a knife widening the cracks
Of my delusional fantasies.
Question marks keep piling on my answers.
A never-ending battle between my needs and wants
Creates a face that resembles yours.
Who are you?
A treacherous game that never finishes,
Or a ray of hope that never diminishes?

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Shadows drowning in my commotion
Call me, try to poke me often.
I do not hear voices that I want to hear.
Engrossed in deep thoughts,
My mind seeks a place
Where freedom shines bright;
Peace rejuvenates my mind.
I see nothing!

They scratch murderously
On the glass walls of my trust;
The sound of screeches maddens me,
Leaving behind a hue-less form
That resembles me.
Pain fails to stir;
Smiles cease to touch.
I find nothing that revives me!

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Countless battles I fight,
To destroy darkness disguised as light.
Those who awakened love in me once,
Rubbed my heart with dried petals.
My hate for these demons is strange:
Their disappearance hurts me;
Their reappearance scares me!
The disharmony within paints itself
With a new hue of bitterness
When words stop pouring.

Remorse goes unquestioned
In minds where hopes are scarce.
Pain invigorates me, gives reasons
To find peace in the moment.
Yet, it does not cease to hurt.
Crowds keep growing bigger,
Hollows within too!
A smile is but an easy escape
From questions that they pose.
My inner self sobs in silence!

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She smiles like an angel-
So pure, so pristine.
Innocence twinkes in her eyes;
A golden heart so fragile.
Storms desecrate hopes oft,
Her lips remain tight.

Her beauty is beyond words,
She fails to realise.
Her eyes perceive scars
Deepening with time.
The struggle to find her place
Sucked away the soul of her purpose.

She thinks about the stars,
Vast secrets of Nature.
The harsh truths of reality
Vanquish her inner strength.
Sorrow perturbs her no more,
Happiness touches her no more.


-Shreya

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The roads looked unusually busy;
Too occupied to contain melancholy.
Amidst this show of liveliness,
Raindrops dribbled down the leaves
Mimicking the core of this picture.
At times, deceit, like a flash of lighting,
Brightened up the scenario.
The next moment revealed
Old truths in a deeper hue.

Uncountable faces, myriad voices,
Floating rumours and heavy hearts:
Colours blending with no effort;
Painting reality all around me.
There, I stumbled upon images
Reminiscent of my past.
The fiery monsoon winds
Pulled me away from my thoughts.
Our stories are not ours,
They are for all to live, I realised;
Our response is what defines us.

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I behold an unreal area;
Lands without boundaries.
Possibilities float like fireflies,
Kindling my desire to touch them.
Oh! Their light is an illusion,
I leave them to wander.
The sparks they leave behind
Paint shadows on my mind.

It hurts beyond measure
To walk on lavendered lands;
Every trampled floret shows another.
My heart bleeds violet.
It pains me to destroy lives,
The warmth of innocence.
Take me elsewhere.
Let magnificence be preserved,
Let my belief in magic be restored.
Beauty is a trap indeed!

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There is pain somewhere.
Is it too close to hurt anymore?
No stains of blood,
No teary eyes,
Yet they are all present
In resplendent smiles.
Beauty shines no less,
Its hollows settle deeper.
Truths and lies are mere words.
Is there a real cure?

Efforts to hide stay strong
Until loneliness strikes,
Baring wounds and gashes
Freshening up with time.
Ruminations guide me
Into lanes filled with stardust.
The warmth of lights amuse me
Till it does not matter.
Reality forces its existence
Upon my 'wishes',
Which would not be called so
If your soul lived in them.
A part of me is lost.
See through me, see through me!



-Shreya

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I have found a home,
Miles away, oceans apart.
I am a mystery to my own eyes-
At sunset, I look at the crimson sky
As if it were my reflection;
The desire to hold on grows deeper.
I am unaware of what I have become;
My curiosity is withering away.

The silence pricks me sometimes.
The voices in my head assume forms.
When they cease to play, I realise,
Nobody questions me here.
Freedom never tasted sweeter!
The silence troubles me more.

I hear voices:
Curses, laments, mourning!
Everywhere.
Different faces, same voice.
Maddened by my anxiety,
I shout like never before.
A million shrieks deafen me!
It is but my own voice.


-Shreya

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There's an undying fear
Of getting coerced into playing foul.
Pages of the heart inked in remorse
And kerchiefs stained in sorrow
Propel me to take action-
A step that would take me away,
Far away from my soul.
Impetuous thoughts burn within;
I burn little by little.

Deafening voices inside me
Push me to take revenge.
There's no reason not to walk that way,
Yet there is a fear which keeps me still.
The fire of my anger is transient.
Should I let it mould my purpose,
My goodness will perish, I fear.
I pray, this fear lives forever!



-Shreya

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