Someone had to respond.
So they did.
They decide to fight.
Fight off the state they're in.
Wiping off the black in their eyes,
Cornering the dust on their stools
Pouring some water on their faces
That had been layered with dirt
And blackened, darker than coal itself
Combing their hair to one side
The side of which they couldn't decide
Cause they had never brushed,
Never brushed their hair to a side
So the hair could decide within themselves
Which of them had to stand, which one to lie off

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Someone had to respond.
So they did.
They decide to fight.
Fight off the state they're in.
Wiping off the black in their eyes,
Cornering the dust on their stools
Pouring some water on their faces
That had been layered with dirt
And blackened, darker than coal itself
Combing their hair to one side
The side of which they couldn't decide
Cause they had never brushed,
Never brushed their hair to a side
So the hair could decide within themselves
Which of them had to stand, which one to lie off

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But, life doesn't do injustice. It did give them.
Did give them a life filled.
A life filled with nothing but pain
A life filled with leadings in vain
A life full of daily shortcomings
A life full of underwhelming grief
Grief of how miserable it couldn't be
How worse it couldn't get
How deeply it shouldn't affect
How sadly it shouldn't infect
All the members, generations diffuse
Women, Adults, even infants off use

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But, life doesn't do injustice. It did give them.
Did give them a life filled.
A life filled with nothing but pain
A life filled with leadings in vain
A life full of daily shortcomings
A life full of underwhelming grief
Grief of how miserable it couldn't be
How worse it couldn't get
How deeply it shouldn't affect
How sadly it shouldn't infect
All the members, generations diffuse
Women, Adults, even infants off use

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It's about opportunities?
Maybe. Mostly not.
I have seen people rise from the ashes.
Too poetic?

Well,
I do have witnessed people shine.
Shine from states too filthy to even look at,
Shine from situations you'd pray not to be in.
I have witnessed people come off great,
Come off the barriers of no home to be
Come off the states of no light to sit under,
No source to gain from, no source to pour into
No space to seek pleasure, no place to draw peace

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You stuck
Or
You got stuck?

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No day
did I think of
any more than You
or
any less of You.

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सूरज के ढलने से ही शाम नहीं होती,
जब तक तू इशारा न कर दे आफताब को।
अंधेरी रातों के पैग़ाम का इंतज़ार अब खत्म भी कर
के इन झरक्ती कहकशाओं की नुमाइश अब हो जाने दे।

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AIIMS-D & Our 'Heart'
Just 132 Days Apart!

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