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And when you're betrayed
far too many times,
you begin to find
refuge in words,
not people.

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On the last page,
hidden amidst countless
formulae and calculations,
hesitant words of a poem
finally found a home.

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My smile is a place
where I refuge my tears.

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You're that
One harbour
I run to
For refuge
From my own storms
And whirlwinds...

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A time will come
When lies become
So worthy enough
For us
To take refuge in them.

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She lives in a home where
love seems like a curse.
Where her parents fight
over the most petty issues.
Where care seems to be
like silent brimming anger.

Her little sister is the light
that her soul takes refuge in.
The vast world of books is
her magical escape from truth.
One day, she will fly away
to build a new home, alone.

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I seek refuge
But do not grant it to me
For I flit away like the torn pages
Of your book that have settled
In themselves my spilt ink.
I seek a home within the spaces
Between my words
But do not show me love
And become a poet
I might settle too deep in your heart
In the dark away from your sight.
I seek help to stitch the gaping wounds
On the curves of alphabets
Where anxiety has kissed too hard
And doubts have scratched all the way down
But do not let my pain get to you
You might end up breaking yourself
True love it is
Because I leave you for you
But still refuge I seek
In that corner of my heart
Where you have covered it
With lush grasses of pleasure
And rooted yourself deep within
My lakes of poetries
Which ripple with spasms of pleasure
As you blow away like a fleeting wind.

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When broken, hurt, fallen I scream
He sees at me, smiling and heralding
"I am your sole refuge... Come to me"
I run towards him, and then there is no return..

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