Mirror, mirror on the wall,
"Who's got the darkest soul of them all?"
Was it me, or was it her who played the fool?
I gaze into the mirror, trying to seek the truth.

Reflections of choices, of paths, of whispers
Dancing in my head;
Echoes of youth can’t be proof of my innocence!
Deception, a mirror to my fears,
And within its depths, I sum up my fears and my tears.

Mirror, oh mirror, so silent and cold,
Was it me, or was it her, or does it really matter in the end?
As for you, we are one, just two souls in darkness until we are done.

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You disappear into the shadow again,
Into the darkness, I try to follow you
Like yesterday's memories, I hold onto you
Alas! my grasp is only so strong
Soon I will have nothing to hold onto;
And you will fade away into nothing.

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In the pyre, I will burn
And from the ash, I will rise again;
And maybe this time
I will be worthwhile!

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Open your eyes, look and dread
The darkar path that lies ahead,
the hidden light darkened
by your blackened sight;
Excuses is what you always give
of cloudy sky that smells of grieve,
Next day that will be aspirant, you believe
of certain air that will be different,
And yet you look at it all and contrive;

All the things you left behind
to do what you always defined;
Of stairs you wanted to climb,
Dreams, about which you were so keen;
Now you just look at it and give alibi
and believe what you want to and belie,
I knew you then and I know you now,
My eyes sees you, my heart admits
You are not the same person I fell in love with!

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Dreaming but not yet asleep
Of stories that I never told;
Memories that I want to hold,
words that made you weep
screams that are silent now;
Touch still lingers, somehow
fear that turned into tears,
nights that never turned bright;
Past that strikes like a surge,
In it, I lie submerged!

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कभी कोशिश ना करना समझने की
हम तो यूहीं कड़गरे में सवालों के नुमाइश है।
हमारी तो बुनियाद ही तुम्हारे सवालों के घेरे में हुई थी
और तुम्हारे सवालों में मिट जाएगी।
जिन लोगों की भीड़ से बचने को दौरे, तुम्हारे इस घेरे में हम आ गए
अब लगता है इन्हीं घेरे में जीना और इन्हीं में दफन हो जाना है।
लम्हे के इंतज़ार में हर लम्हा चूट चुका है।।

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Started so many poems
Written so many lines,

I am out of air
Obstruent, with a full stop!

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Walking alone,
My sanity gone
You say you give a fuck
But you really don't
How deep my love goes
I will tell, if only you
Sit by my side and listen to my tale;
But my voices don't get to you
For I look around and I just can't see you!

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Day 30
National Poetry Writing Month

Poem in caption

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Truly forgetten
without care,
Left in the book shelf,
wandering afar
in unknown path;
Free of sadness
without any joy or sorrow,
or the need to stop
from falling down;
My visions no more
clouded by past shadows!

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