Or at least we try

Like the rain embraces
And mixes with the sea
The sea accepting it
At a part of itself

Except for I am still rain
And you are the frozen lake
And it's raining ice

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Universe dropped an entire paintbox
And yet I was the colour that didn't spill

I wasn't seen
I wasn't free
I was packed so tight
I suffocated me

I wasn't the chosen one
Though I was neatly packed
It was the spilled colours
That people picked to paint themselves

I am struggling inside
Finding hard to be composed
Waiting Once for someone
to open the cap
Or I'll shatter myself all exposed

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Aur ek hum bhi toh the Holi par
Jo ekdum berang se the
Jisko kisi ne nahi ranga

Hum Jo jaana chahte the bahar
Par rang lagane Wale hi
Chhup ke baithe the kahin

Ek humari bhi Holi thi
Ek kamre Mai band
Khaamosh
Sukhi

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A handful of red for the fire in you
And green for the path you walk
Yellow for the joy in your presence
And balloons for its holi on clock

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He colours me red
In his book of 'greys'
I am a canvas of colours
He throws and plays

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एक शहर का सन्नाटा है
एक किताब पर थोडी सी धूल
एक खत है कहीं
और कहीं कुछ मुरझाए हुए फूल

एक गरम चाय की प्याली संग
कहीं कोई हल्की सी धुन
और किसी पेड़ के छांव तले
कहीं होते मैं और तुम

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Let India guide others
like a grandpa

Through its experience
Through its culture
And through its stories

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RAM AAYENGE

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I am taking a lot from the year
Or probably nothing at all

I have given a piece of myself
to every place I have been
and it left forgotten

Who's welcoming another year?
By the time I get used to it
It'll be gone

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Vow to explore your world
To be, unapologetically,
a member of your world
To not over explain your world
To decorate your world

Don't let the world
make you feel any less
about your world.

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