Snowflakes

Different as we may be
We are all snowflakes,
Alike as we may seem
Unique we are snowflakes.

Together we fall
To form a snowy bed,
The earth now sparkles
A white heavenly shed.

Imperfection is beauty
Be yourself at ease,
Turn your icy powers
Just don't let your heart freeze...
~Elsa

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करते हैं कोशिश बार बार,
भूल जाएं उन्हें,
दिल से जाता ही नहीं,
जितना मिटायें उन्हें।

बने न चेहरा दिल का आईना,
माथे पर इक शिकन ना दिखाएं उन्हें,
दबा लेते हैं हर दर्द अपना,
हँसी में अपनी छुपाये उन्हें।

आँखें भी लेती हैं इजाज़त,
हमसे बेहेने से पहले,
ले डूबेंगे, इक दिन ये आंसूं,
दिल में जो पीये जाये इन्हें।

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आज फिर उठा तूफ़ान दिल में,
जिसे लफ्ज़ बयान न कर पाए,
ले लेते हैं हम शायरी का सहारा,
जब कभी जुबां लड़खड़ा जाए।

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Pitch-Dark as I am,
You can hide in my embrace...
Pitch-Black as I am,
In you, you'll find a trace.

I can make you, see things,
thousands miles afar...
In my dark, you can discover,
Galaxies and infinite stars.

My black skyscape, will make,
Moon shine like the sun...
You can stop here, and rest,
Unfazed by all the run.

You'll begin to love,
Both dawn and me- two sides of one coin...
Bringing out, the best in you,
With yourself you rejoin.

Know that,
No matter how black
Every night has to end...
That's why,
Pitch-dark-black I am,
Indeed I am your friend.

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ग़म मेरा मंज़ूर मुझे,
दर्द तेरा न सह पाएंगे,
अश्क बहते हैं इन आँखों से,
दिल तेरा जो रो जाये ये।
दुआ करते हैं हर पल खुदा से,
ज़ख्म तेरे भर जाएंगे,
इश्क़ तुमसे न करेंगे कभी,
गर बेड़ियाँ तेरी बन जाएँ ये।

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Surround yourself with people...
Who value your time. And cherish when they get some.
Who see you cause they wanna see you, not to fill their empty hours.
Who are happy to share their joy, sorrows and space with you. And yours too.
Who let you be. Who have no judgements for themselves or for you.
Who through painstaking heartbreaks, have learned complete acceptance and love for themselves, and teach you the same.
Who encourage and cheer you on. Even for things silly you wanna do. Or things you thought you could never do. Standing behind all the while like a safety net, should you fall.
Who don't tweak or break down pieces of you, cause they don't like what they see.
Who walk with you, on separate paths. Not wanting to merge the two.
Who trust you to find your way.
Who are ears and shoulders, not words all the time. Who are words, when you need.
Who bask in your love and light when you shine brighter. Not asking you to dim down.
Who see your glory and your shame. Your strengths and your pains.. and your completeness through it all....
Who help you become more and more of yourself each day. An even more magnificent you.

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Am I here or there,
Just somewhere in the middle...
We're apart or together
Just somewhere in the middle.
This is hurting but healing
Recovering every moment.
Sometimes moving forward,
at times going back
At every step in the middle.

With our baby steps
We traverse high mountains.
Life is a journey, not destination
We're always in the middle..
We are all work-in-progress
An art in the making.
Yet we question the path
Why we're in the middle.

Every ocean starts from a droplet
Gathering all together.
Try for once to leave the extremes
And sail in the middle.
Time never halts, at past or future
It's moving every second.
The universe is forever evolving
A creation in the middle.

What was was, what will be will be
Life is happening right now, in the middle.
The present is here,
I walk forward
Happy and peaceful
Right here in the middle...

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करते हैं कोशिश बार बार,
भूल जाएं उन्हें।
दिल से जाता ही नहीं,
जितना मिटायें उन्हें।

बने न चेहरा दिल का आईना,
माथे पर इक शिकन ना दिखाएं उन्हें,
दबा लेते हैं हर दर्द अपना,
हँसी में अपनी छुपाये उन्हें।

करते नहीं ज़िक्र किसी से कभी उनका,
जज़्बात कहीं हमारे ना दिख जाएं उन्हें।
पर करते हैं याद उन्हें हर पल,
ख़्वाबों में अपने बसाए उन्हें।

आँखें भी लेती हैं इजाज़त,
अब हमसे बेहेने से पहले,
ले डूबेंगे, इक दिन ये आंसूं,
दिल ही दिल में जो पीये जाये इन्हें।

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Sometimes you need to face your own truth, no matter how ugly it is..
Sometimes you and others deserve more, than being a version someone can approve of.



Sometimes people need to have their faith rewarded.. in you and in themselves.. Knowing that they can just be!

#Notabatwoman

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She calls out everyday,
To face my demons,
And embrace
the darkness underneath...

She waits night and day,
For me to rise slowly,
Buried under
this Earth, patiently...

She wakes my soul again today,
To break the little shell,
And push through the layers
Holding me down...

She raises my hopes day after day,
To become the best of me,
And build into a universe
From the void around...

She believes in me forever each day,
To grow into a tower tall,
And stand
Unshakable in storms...

She longs for me in future days,
To create her - the oak tree,
And brought today to existence,
Me- the small acorn...

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