Me looking at my weekend plans
on a Monday morning

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What is life?

The more I try to explain it to you,
The more it teaches me about itself!

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I nipped every other story in the bud
To write my book of poems with you.

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लफ्ज़ काग़ज़ पर उतारूँ तो धुँआ सा उठता है,
क्या आज मेरा कोई ख़त जलाया है?

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You need to learn to unlove the people who will never learn to love you.

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कुछ पल और लिपटे रहने दे,
तेरे हाथों की लकीरों को
मेरे हाथों की लकीरों से,


शायद छाप छोड़ जाएं
वो तेरी किस्मत की
मेरे हाथ पर भी।

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बोहोत बार टूटना होगा,
फिर से तुझसे जुड़ने के लिए।

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And I found you
The same way
The earth finds solace
In the petrichor.

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Sometimes I wish "Crying out loud" was as normal as "Laughing out loud".

So people could easily bare out that sudden jerk of emotions while at a grocery store or maybe in a movie hall, or parks, parking lots, at parties, in cafes, and why not offices, board rooms, in a flight or anywhere they'd want to!

Why do places decide the kind of emotions we can express when we have no control over what we feel?

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शर्मिंदगी नज़रों में थी उसकी।
लबों पर जो बात थी,
वो मैंने सुनी ही नहीं!

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