This Diwali,
be  kind,
remove prejudice
from your mind.

This Diwali,
be brave,
those chains are manmade,
don't be a slave.

This Diwali,
take a flight,
from petty darkness
to be somebody's light.

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Maa Ganga's flowing presence
a mother's womb,
brimming with a love unconditional,
the ghats beckoning,
a silent witness
to faith & its followers,
Kashi grows on me,
I succumb to her charms,
to her stories full of life,
to her realities full of death,
I surrender to her Lord,
Kashi Vishwanath.

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The raindrops
crave
for attention,
calling me out
by my childhood name,
gently knocking
on my soul,
bending time
like a memory reborn,
writing their story
on satiated leaves,
bringing to life
the poetry
we need
to be reminded of.

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The samudra manthan resides
inside us,
souls burning,
lives relentlessly churning
for the nectar
that was promised,
the venom in our memories
outliving us.

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Your memory
a fridge magnet,
in my face
while I go about
my daily mundane,
daring me
to forget
its existence,
heart fighting
a losing battle,
hanging 'our' reminisces
on the clothesline
of a shortlived past,
colour & fragrance
of our union
now carried
in the womb
of an ancient wind.

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Maybe
new beginnings
are just fresh reprints
of yesterday's thoughts,
a mere change of numbers
in the calendar,
maybe a second hand sunrise,
but sometimes
life is lived
in the light
carried in the womb
of yesterday's darkness.

We live,
we survive,
we flourish
in the fertile soil
of these new beginnings.

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Relationships end
when two egos
lie
and ask
'Your truth or mine ?'

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Dear Life,

The deal on offer
feels like a checkmate.

The love you proffered
came with a short expiry date.

I was banking on free will,
you fed me fate.

These terms & conditions,
can we renegotiate?

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Immerse
in Him.

You shall
dissolve.

The evolving
shall follow.

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I didn't sign up
for the lukewarm life.

Still searching
for the unscalding fire
that sparks up souls,
I scan the vast sky
for the stars
that twinkle.

No luck.
Whom should I blame?

Karma seems to be a soft target.

So karma it is .

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