ये मिटटी हैं या राख
चिंगारी बूझी हुई;
यह कैसा इंकलाब?
जमीं खून से लथपथ
जिसके आरोग्यरक्षण की शपथ...
वह हाथ नमन कि जगह खून से रंगे हुए?
हत्या हो कोई; हम तो सोए हुए...

शपथ लेते है हम, ना करेंगे कोई भेद;
फिर क्यूं शिकार हम, करता नहीं कोई खेद?

जिस गर्दन में परिश्रावक
छेद उसे, सिना चिरे, यह कैसा नाहक़?

राजनेता धमकी देता, असंवेदनशील अधिष्ठाता
अधिकारी सारे देते केवल दिलासा...
वचन पूरा होता नहीं, एक भी छोटासा!

यह अंधेरा है भ्रष्टाचार का
यह असुरक्षा, ना निगाह, ना छाया
मानो छात्र नहीं अनाथ हो सब यहां।

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Ruffled sand demolishing my footsteps
Mistakes unglorifying the victory's depth
Lost in a haze of light
More damaged than a night
All shine that only prickles eyes
All the reality that merely contain lies
Maybe that's what I would choose
Rather than winning to loose
Like a withered rose...
To go numb than being hose
To disappear, to be forgotten
'Cause truth is hard to unlearn.

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Of all the shards that pierce
There will be a gauze to soak
Of all the fire within me
There will be a vessel to contain
Of all the broken pieces
There will be a glue to hold
Sick of being alone
All I want is
Some anchor to fall back on
I need you
But it's still an immature love
So no worries if I never get u
Cause maybe I never deserved you.

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On the day of Holi
All girls locked behind gates
'Cause the testosterone plus alcohol can get lowly
Gokulashtami the same begets
Aarti gotten rid of in 10 minutes
And fashion show getting all hits
With songs glorifying addiction
With vile words all in the diction
That's how u converse
Be it senior( throwball player) or junior (TT incharge)
Query of whom to curse
Like the goons u barge
Showing off your wildest side
'cause concious wasn't present to hide
That's what alcohol does, right?
Be it ball, net or light
These r mere things which can be rebought
What of your morality that's gotten rot?
Wasn't it u who got the tympanic membrane tear?
Or was it strength of reality to bear;
That u got rid of that day
Victim turned to assailant
Knowing this would turn this way
Turning into a wider dent
Reality becoming crueler day by day.

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What had been the past
Becoming the present telecast
Maybe that's what everyone likes
Resending the waves of cries
'Cause pain demands to be felt
Is the reason how they dealt.

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Was it always this toxic?
The effing pressure adding fuel to the inhuman workload?

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It's a sad truth but the festivities in colleges is a breeding ground for students to have their first drinks...to have "quality time  with their friends" which they ownself admit won't meet up a few years from now and whenever meet up "will have quality time drinking". I am deeply saddened by how one has to depend on a chemical substance to feel like one has quality time rather heart to heart talk with his/her friends ( which makes me question if one needs an inhibiting substance to lose the fear of judgement when maybe it's the lack of comfort zone from friends to open up is it the substance or strengthening of friendships that's needed?), to feel like they "belong" ( which makes me question what has exactly belonging become...if family who sticks through thick and thin isn't where one feels belonging but somewhere when you only "conform" to others' norms!),

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Maybe this is the truth
With no way to soothe
Being inadequate to other's standard,
Of which unspoken is a word
Burdened by fear of being judged,
Yet flow of tears it urged.
Metrics, measures be wayward
Worthy question being who's standard?
Is it that you really give
Importance enough to sew
An opportunity to see your real worth?
You, all but aiming for being valued
When in actuality needing a wide berth
Think back, look at reflection viewed
In the mirror of own soul
Happy being played at;
Or want to decide a role?
Mindful when eyelashes to bat?

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It's not beautiful that
Whatever someone said
Had an aftermath
An impression made
Imprinted on my being.
Ain't just a sad feeling...
Worth measured from standards
Peace pricked away by words
Such entropy to imbalance
Blurred away through other's lens

Burning ego, and accepting my bad
With head held high belying the fad
Influencing the influence
Shining simple despite the distracting fluorescence
It's a test of the unknown uncertain test
Staying active in the background of rest
Takes a lifetime to maintain
Preveting purity from the stain
Keeping up with the pace
No matter how unending the race!

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Even serving a millennium
Hard to earn...
Let alone get as a gift

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