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The hearts cannot be blamed
if they choose to stay untamed,

for there are stories left to be heard
and joys left to be discovered,

for there are days left to be filled
and dreams left to be fulfilled.

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सड़कों के किनारे
पलते हैं कुछ सपने
या पलती है हैवानियत
सपने फुटपाथ की जर्जरता से
महलों के ऐशो आराम कमाने की
हैवानियत उन सड़को पर चलती
स्त्रियों की अस्मिता
और मांस नोच लेने की
मैं चलती हूँ जब भी सड़कों पर
देखती हूँ किनारे पलते
दोहरे दृश्य को
बँटे नहीं हैं पाटियों में
ना उनके रंग रूप अलग हैं
हाँ, बस उन सपनों की सुगंध और
हैवानियत की दुर्गंध दूर से आती है
सड़कों और स्टेशन के किनारे
दिखाई देते हैं दोहरे दृश्य
जो कभी चित्त को डराते हैं
तो कभी
आंखों को हँसाते हैं

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In the end,
all it took was a tiny virus
to keep us prisoners,
our dreams and hopes,
scared and scarred for life.

Not money, not power.

A tiny virus, that cannot even
live on its own,
showed us how brilliantly fragile
all our lives were.

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What's a dream,
If not shattered
at least once.

What's a dream,
If not woven
More than once.

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DREAMS LEFT BEHIND

Whose dreams are those outside your door?
Some young, some old, some covered in gold.
Do you leave them behind before you walk in?
Is it still a house if you can't walk in whole?

Don't you hear the sound of time passing by?
Who do you please with this silence of yours?
Life is a river, it breaks what blocks its flow.
Don't you wish to meet the sea anymore?

Good girls aren't loud, I have heard them say.
You don't question, are you afraid to be bad too?
If you have to leave yourself to belong to them,
What makes this the right place for you?

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The less you sleep, the more you live your dreams.

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//A teeny tiny something on dreams//

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"तुम्हें नींद नहीं आती क्या?"
"मैं सोना नहीं चाहती।"
"वो क्यों?"
"मुझे डर है कहीं मेरे साथ मेरे ख़्वाब भी न सो जाएं।"

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