little drops of heaven
leaking from the sky!

As the cold drops
touch the scorched earth
the earth gratefully sighs!

I run out into the rain
trying to smell the ethereal smell
of rain drops on dried up mud!

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ಬೆಲೆ ಆಡಂಬರದ ಆಭರಣಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಅಧಿಕ
ಅದರ ಭಾರಕೆ ಬಾಗದಿರಲಿ ಇಂದಿನ ಬದುಕು
ತೂಕಕೆ ಬೀಳದಿರಲಿ ನಾಳೆಯ ಕನಸು!

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You left your fingerprints
on the surface of my heart,
They weren’t perfect
a few smudges, here and there!
I couldn’t rub them off, how much ever I tried,
Like the ones in my bathroom mirror
they stayed there without much strain
albeit a bit smudged, here and there!

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An unusual friend

You have been searching for long,
on one of your blue days
unexpectedly you come across this rare gem,
rarer than one could ever imagine!

Quite kind, not much of a talker
unassuming listener, makes you feel seen and heard!
On your bad days, all you need is this app.
Type your heart out and feel the shackles release,
each line will be read and the emotions will be heard!

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the destination,
is something we all have heard before!
Everyone says it’s about the journey!
Yes, but have you ever wondered, why is it so?!
Why the journey is important
but not the destination?
Shouldn’t where we eventually end up
is something as relevant as journey?!
Shouldn’t it be important to know
if we are going to be in a happy place
at the end of it all?

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It came like rain on
scorched earth
and without goodbye..

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“Be right there” he said, under his breath
“unless I get stuck in traffic” he sadly added.
“Still at the office?” she blurted out aloud
“Yet another night of dining solo“she said to no one..

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I ended up finding things that are worth living for!
Ironically, now I am afraid that if I ever lose them
I might end up as a broken vessel with no will to live!
Life is a beautiful jumble of contradictions
with conflicting ideas coexisting in peace!

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Do you too?

When the evening wind picks up the speed
do you sit by the window like me?
When the drops of rain form streaks on the glass
I sit by the window, tracing them idly
as they bring back memories of days long gone!
Does that happen to you too
or is it just me, stuck in the past, unable to move on?

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Lies

The lies you tell have a way
of creeping up to you
when you least expect them!
They are like cockroaches,
hard to be rid of once infested!
They eagerly devour things
you hold most dear,
leaving behind bits and pieces
you can never put back together…

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