you







never trusted you either!

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It's too easy to be unkind
to animals, to the environment, to yourself, and to others out there.
The world's already full of such unkind beings ruled by their tastebuds. All you have to do is slip in somewhere and you'll easily get to settle like sand 'midst the jungle of cruelty. But to be kind, you have to be firm first. Kindness demands courage, patience and determination. Kindness is not a one-time recharge; it's a lifetime subscription. It's not a cakewalk. The whole world will be against you; your own people will treat you like an outsider the moment they know you have chosen a path that doesn't align with theirs. Some give in at this moment, and kill their soul, becoming a people pleaser who now joins their fam in their unkind rounds and rituals. But some choose to be humane; they pick compassion over everything and everyone, and carve their own paths. They are the real heroes. We need more such people. We need to become these people. Those are the people that must live when the world ends.

• Harbingers of Kindness •
***

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Head
&
Hellfire

- Sheena Dawar

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but half-baked,
always lacking
that 1%
whip of time
that peels
their maudlin manteau
to reveal them raw.

We read them the best
after letting them
slide like sand.
As spectators,
we take joy in
losing them
in bits each day,
dismissing
the unveiling of the decoy
by handing over
the deity wand
to the approaching never
that's set to soil us.
-------------------- tomorrow, please //

© Sheena Dawar

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and alas,
we spend seven-eighth
of our lives chasing the ones
who choose all
but us

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Today, it's you, Mansi!
Again.
Ya, 28th time this year.

(CAPTION)

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• Returning back to live through the same calendar dates
every year without those who taught you to read the calendar

• Waking up every morning, realising the ones you were just with are now only limited to your dreams

• Your inability to bring back the ones you love

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Dear July,

Are you running, because I am
in great hurry
to take off...
.
.
.
(Full piece in CAPTION)

©Sheena Dawar

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Mumma,
it doesn't feel good.

(Full piece in Caption)

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You cannot be cruel and sorry at the same time.
These are two upfront binaries. There has to be
a hard stop on either of the tangents. You're free
to bend (freewill, you know?) wherever your
sinister mind takes you.

But let me tell you something—if you allow
your heart a moment to guide you, it would
never let you dwindle on the black path,
for the conscience never misleads. But
who has got the time and patience
to listen?!

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