Some people's loyalty and love have expiration dates. It lasts only till it's convenient for them, till it's easy for them. The moment the situation gets difficult or just a bit harsh the love turns to animosity, to contempt. From being a constant source of joy, they turn you into an anxious mess.

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PEACE
This serene quaint, tiny space,
Where all the noises have dulled out,
Where the mind's rantings are silenced
That space is the needed abode.
What made it possible i asked?
Was it a place, a person or a thing?
I thought it was me being home,
Or conversations old and long,
Or maybe it's his lovely shenanigans ,
Or perhaps just a stroke of luck,
But what i unearthed shocked me...
Not believing I searched time and again,
Reaching nowhere but where i started,
With me.
I was the answer,
No one else was responsible,but me...
I was own my peace,
I was own my happiness,
I was, am and shall remain till the end.

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WHAT THEY TOLD...
My father told me "integrity is everything",
Yet everyone bows down to someone.
My mother told me "independence is everything",
Yet it didn't free me.
My teachers told me "success is everything",
Yet success gave me nothing.
My friends told me "friendship is everything",
Yet none came to my heed.
What no one told me was the truth,
The truth that peace is all,
With peace comes integrity,
With peace comes independence,
With peace comes success
And with peace comes lasting relationships.
Without it no amount of anything will satisfy you,
Nothing will fullfill you.

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AN ACT OF GOD

Multiverses and a quadrillion stars,
And things far beyond our imaginations;
Yet you walked into my life and fit in,
Like the missing piece of a puzzle;
If that isn't an act of God.... I don't know what is.

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THE SORCERER
Flooded by thoughts of a day fargone,
Of people I once knew , things I once felt;
Longing to conjure things I once dreamt of,
To forgive the old , to embrace the new;
The sorcery of the new is direful,
It's charm enchanting, it's faith infinite.
Discerning the prestilence of the past,
As it holds it's grasp with great obstinacy,
A fondness gently lugs me towards the new,
Towards the sorcerer.

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WHY?

Partly because I'm a people pleaser,
Partly because I'm wired to avoid conflict,
Partly because I'm deeply madly in love and
Partly because loosing you will rob me off my hope.

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MY ONE TRUE LOVE
Mi amor I've longed for you,
My dear I've prayed for you,
Wished upon many a stars for you.
I've loved you knowing not who,
I've held you knowing not what,
I've been in your embrace in reverie.
Now that we've met it feels like a dream,
For you are the realization of it all,
Of all my prayers and wishes...
Of all my imageries and fancies,
You are my grace mi amor,
My love you are my dream come true,
My one true love.

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For they donot matter in the bigger picture.
Let them make assumptions,
For their boxed minds can only see four walls.
Let them spread rumours,
For their venom shall be rendered useless.
Let them try and try to put you down,
For you are a Phoenix rising from ashes;
A mighty queen graceful and tenacious.

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Forelorn and tired she met him,
His presence warmed her icy existence,
His smile made her day and lit up her nights.
She looked at him wondering what she'd done,
To deserve the happiness and warmth she recieved.
Mere words failed to express the extent of her love,
So she smiled bright like she'd never done before.
Her smile lit up corners of his heart he never knew existed,
Made him feel a warmth he never knew he needed,
He wondered what her silences meant,
Was it just him or did she love him to the same extent ?

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The "PARAYA DHAN"

"Who are you?" Have you ever asked yourself this question?
The intricacies of this simple question may leave many clever minds boggled.
But to me it was made amply clear, I'm at the end of the day "paraya dhan".
Was scared but couldn't go running to mother,
Felt unsafe but there weren't any shadows to hide under, so i worked hard to try and rub that horrid label off.
Education, music, dance, sports succeeded in all but that initial task.
Even when i found love it felt like charity,
A way to lessen a burden they carried for 26 years.
Once you leave there is no coming back, you are theirs, You are "paraya dhan" they said.

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