Danish Kamal   (DK 'TheNotSoFamous')
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Joined 2 October 2016
14 SEP 2023 AT 20:00

Somedays,
I am as hateful towards myself
as I have ever been.

I will tell them how beautiful they are
with a conviction
I am rarely able to give myself.

Funny how easy it is for me to forgive others
for being a storm,
and how hard it is to forgive myself
for loving them through the rain.

Sometimes, they'll point that out to me and say;
"why is it that you can't give all this love to yourself?"

And I laugh and shake my head and say,
'believe as I say, not as I do.'

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14 SEP 2023 AT 18:43

Have you ever loved someone so much that you are both
wildly unsure and
unwaveringly certain of?

Like, you have no idea what you are doing but at the same time,
you know exactly why you have to?

It's like someone
wanted you to love them right
and you somehow
figure out how!

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17 JUN 2023 AT 20:30

"It's tough,
longing for a love,
that you know won't last long.

A love that scratches
the morsels of your soul
day in and day out,
to the extent that it's rendered featureless.

A soul that becomes
unrecognisable by
your own heart;
one that doesn't substantiates love."

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21 FEB 2023 AT 1:07

Only this time,
when my heart is torn between
love and peace,
I'll choose the latter.
I'll choose peace;
or maybe a love that is so peaceful
yet so fierce that would make me cry for days out of utter disbelief
before the calm follows.

Only this time,
I refuse to settle for anything
that just 'looks' like love
but actually is an imitation of it.

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6 NOV 2022 AT 17:45

"I won't lie.
I have always found love.

Love,
masquerading as grief,
penetrating right through the
pangs of my soul;
masked as a veil until I've self- sabotaged every morsel of my howling heart.

A love that was not meant for me.
I have always found it.
I won't lie."


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23 OCT 2022 AT 12:50

When the chips are down and the odds are unfavorable,
just hanging at the edge is
a far more courageous act than turning the tables;
because sometimes,
it's not the win,
but possessing the courage to even think of it that counts.

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25 AUG 2022 AT 0:53

"At times, God sets you on the right path by not being the torch-bearer of your desired route."

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22 AUG 2022 AT 13:01

"Time expands relative to the excuses
that you don't give."

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21 AUG 2022 AT 20:40

On days I feel the utmost happiness, deep down there is a part of me that wants to cry so bad, thinking of the years
I wasn't blessed with so much bliss.

Crying for the kindness of the people.
The understanding.
The people who stood by. The care.
And everything not offered by ones I wanted from.
The strength I feel now.
The manifestation of dreams. Deep talks. The peace offered. Promises kept. Friendships still surviving. And all the goodness and love one is not used to more often.

Hurts and betrayals are no longer intimidating;
humbleness and compassion is,
when you walk around expecting too less from people who haven't experienced these things yet in their purest form.

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19 JUN 2022 AT 21:55

Someone asked me, why haven't you posted anything for your father today.
I smiled. And I thought why?

I dug deep into my thoughts and I feel it comes from a sense of belonging that stops me somewhere.

I refrain from posting for the people who want to, but cannot.
For all my friends and people surrounding me, for people I know are in anguish.
To all those who are reading this and have lost their father, this is an unseen solidarity. I'm on their side of virtual non-celebration. I don't want them to feel deprived of warmth.
I know this is too much to think, but this is how I feel and I think I'm allowed to do so.

And to all those who've lost, I just want to say, it still makes me tremble to even think of your loss. The irreplaceable loss. But look, you chose to continue to live. That's strength.
And from where do you think you get this from? It's your father's resilience that you carry within, unknowingly.

Even in his absence he teaches you, that he chose to love you, in his own inconspicuous ways, inspite of all the pains. That's what you got to do.

Live. Love. Forget.

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