The quiver in my voice gives you away!
Delirious dreams fade into the humdrum of reality.
Your numb eyes scare me-
They show me hurtful facts.
The pain is gnawing me away;
I wish your hands could hold mine.
Oh! I forgot, I cannot touch you!

The mossy love between you and me,
That grew without any nurture,
Breathed a disconsolate ending,
Leaving my heart bereft of warmth.
A part of me is shattered beyond cure,
Yet, in those broken pieces, I see you!
Who are you?
A harsh truth that I refuse to believe?
Or a fantasy that I dare not weave?


-Shreya

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Snowflakes settle on my bruised heart.
A comfort so numbing!
The frozen white in every crack
Beats and breathes a picture
Painted in emotions repressed!
Indistinct voices hammer my head;
There is an excruciating pain within.
Tears freeze into icy-cold spikes,
Pricking on the walls of my dazed mind.

With eyes half-open, I see lands
Cloaked in the mystery of snowflakes:
Surpassing all bounds of pristineness,
Yet, creating a lonesome abode for me.
As icicles expand inside the crevices
Of my wounds, regrets tear me apart.
Clad in snowflakes, I live in desolation:
A wholeness I never felt before.

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The flowers are drying up.
The warmth has not withered yet.
It aches to see distant memories
Flaming in the fire of time!
Hopes keep crashing,
The ruins of which water malicious reassurances.
The leaves that grew on the bed of my trust
Fell prey to a yellowish betrayal.
Drops of tears fall on crushed petals.
I am but a barren garden!

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The darkness of the night pinches.
The black leaves me drained;
The stars seem distant.
Something so fulfilling,
Yet, a part of me goes missing.
Illusions lead me to narrow roads;
I walk like the end never existed.
My corrosive passion burns me slowly.
The light at the end of each road
Kindles hopes that I thought would never erode.
As I go closer, the blinding lights turn darker.
I am trapped in a pool of unknown emotions!
My own shrieks reverberate
As my trust withers away.
The stars seem more distant;
Illusions no longer beckon me.
A part of me goes missing
Trying to find magic
In the heart of harsh truths.

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I have known you for a while!
Distant places reach out to me
Like photos in the album of my memory.
Words stuck in between pauses,
Phrases lost in translation,
The poignant sound of silence-
Remind me of a surreal 'you'.

The waves of time hit on the shores
Of what my eyes cannot perceive.
A sharp jab of pain unnerves me.
Reality is but a knife widening the cracks
Of my delusional fantasies.
Question marks keep piling on my answers.
A never-ending battle between my needs and wants
Creates a face that resembles yours.
Who are you?
A treacherous game that never finishes,
Or a ray of hope that never diminishes?

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Shadows drowning in my commotion
Call me, try to poke me often.
I do not hear voices that I want to hear.
Engrossed in deep thoughts,
My mind seeks a place
Where freedom shines bright;
Peace rejuvenates my mind.
I see nothing!

They scratch murderously
On the glass walls of my trust;
The sound of screeches maddens me,
Leaving behind a hue-less form
That resembles me.
Pain fails to stir;
Smiles cease to touch.
I find nothing that revives me!

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Countless battles I fight,
To destroy darkness disguised as light.
Those who awakened love in me once,
Rubbed my heart with dried petals.
My hate for these demons is strange:
Their disappearance hurts me;
Their reappearance scares me!
The disharmony within paints itself
With a new hue of bitterness
When words stop pouring.

Remorse goes unquestioned
In minds where hopes are scarce.
Pain invigorates me, gives reasons
To find peace in the moment.
Yet, it does not cease to hurt.
Crowds keep growing bigger,
Hollows within too!
A smile is but an easy escape
From questions that they pose.
My inner self sobs in silence!

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She smiles like an angel-
So pure, so pristine.
Innocence twinkes in her eyes;
A golden heart so fragile.
Storms desecrate hopes oft,
Her lips remain tight.

Her beauty is beyond words,
She fails to realise.
Her eyes perceive scars
Deepening with time.
The struggle to find her place
Sucked away the soul of her purpose.

She thinks about the stars,
Vast secrets of Nature.
The harsh truths of reality
Vanquish her inner strength.
Sorrow perturbs her no more,
Happiness touches her no more.


-Shreya

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The roads looked unusually busy;
Too occupied to contain melancholy.
Amidst this show of liveliness,
Raindrops dribbled down the leaves
Mimicking the core of this picture.
At times, deceit, like a flash of lighting,
Brightened up the scenario.
The next moment revealed
Old truths in a deeper hue.

Uncountable faces, myriad voices,
Floating rumours and heavy hearts:
Colours blending with no effort;
Painting reality all around me.
There, I stumbled upon images
Reminiscent of my past.
The fiery monsoon winds
Pulled me away from my thoughts.
Our stories are not ours,
They are for all to live, I realised;
Our response is what defines us.

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I behold an unreal area;
Lands without boundaries.
Possibilities float like fireflies,
Kindling my desire to touch them.
Oh! Their light is an illusion,
I leave them to wander.
The sparks they leave behind
Paint shadows on my mind.

It hurts beyond measure
To walk on lavendered lands;
Every trampled floret shows another.
My heart bleeds violet.
It pains me to destroy lives,
The warmth of innocence.
Take me elsewhere.
Let magnificence be preserved,
Let my belief in magic be restored.
Beauty is a trap indeed!

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