Sticks and stones
may break your bones
But words,
Words can shatter you to pieces.

Some may say don't worry about it
Forget it, move on.
Others may say don't listen
Ignore, you're strong.

What they fail to realise is
like the broken glass
the damage is irreparable,
It's no child's game.

Like that ball of paper,
crumpled, caved in
Despite everything
It won't ever be the same.

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reside traces
of sentiments repressed,
& spaces
to be filled
with words unsaid.

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Dear dream,
I still have not forgotten
why I started.

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As long as I'm breathing,
story of my life remains
under construction...

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"Dear Me,

I am sorry.
I am sorry for not putting you first.
I am sorry for prioritizing everything and everyone else while you needed me the most. I am really sorry for being so busy in trying to fulfill everyone's expectations and wishes that I forgot yours. I am sorry for not giving an ear to drowning cries of your dreams and continued helping others with theirs. I am sorry for hiding hurt and putting a laughing face while you were hurting so bad and cried yourself to sleep almost every night just to not give anyone a reason to worry about you. I am sorry for rising everyday faking happiness all over again for other's sake while putting a blind eye to your tears, pillow stood by you better than me. I am really sorry that I trusted others more than you. I am really sorry that I did not love you, the way you deserved to be loved. I failed you, almost for a whole decade.
But if you can give me this one chance, I plan to make you my priority in 2020. I want to live for you again."

-Your culprit.

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Leaving her untouched,
on their first night,
He touched her.

Her fairy tale started.

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Life resides in a mix of various
kinds of relationships.

Some bounded by blood,
Some simply untied.

But along vicissitudes of time,
Only the emotions with true feelings,
Uphold their tenability.

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Replacing her dreams with his,
Was her bravest step of all.
Not hers but his success,
Was now her ultimate goal.

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All she wanted was
someone
who sees the person
she hides so well
instead of one
she shows to the world.

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मुमकिन नहीं बयां कर पाना,
फिर भी कुछ जज़्बात,
अल्फाजों में लिखती हूँ।

मानो जन्नत मिल जाती है मुझे
जब भी कोई कहता है,
माँ मैं तुम्हारे जैसी दिखती हूँ।

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