मेरा रंग ना भाया था उसे
इसीलिए छोड़ा उस ने मुझे

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A Girl with Dusky Skin


[Poem in Caption]

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Dusky people
are simply dazzling
cute maze.....
It may takes time
to dig their fabulousness,
but once you fall in,
you will be finished off...!!!

_ Shalini Ganesan

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Dusky Girl!

Dusky Skin,
Sparky Eyes,
Tricky lies,
Silky Hair,
Smoky fair,
Crazy thoughts,
Spooky nights,
Sneaky Choice,
Husky voice,
Lazy fights,
Frenzy Kiss,
That's all i Miss!

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Down beneath, I m broken apart
for the words so deep, in my heart...
crawling around, for peace in the air
the world, does not seems to be fair...
the fogg admist, tough faded path
I tried hard, to remove all scars...
nothing, but all in vain
sand in hand, only remain...
sitting at the sea shore
I look out for waves some more...
that touch my feet in glee
and fill my emptiness as bed of sea...
the shells, that are spread around
looks beautiful in necklace round...
those tiny turtles, from the eggs buried
moving unhampered, to live the surreal...
all the way for thousand year
in the hard core roof, only to wear...
souls captured in diffirent forms
following prison of body and its norms...
just to wake, breath, eat and sleep
this cycle of life, nonetheless repeat...

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Just because I was dusky
I was the colour of the dusk which comes up after every long day.
I was of a certain skin tone which is called ugly.
When I was young, I was treated with a tons of fairness cream which may turn my dusky skin a bit white just like the morning sky.
From a very young age
somehow it's been taught to us that beauty depends on the skin tone.
Dark skin considers you ugly.
Creams to make you more fair and lovely,
fairness will make you more successful.
Such myths are created to demolish the confidence of people who are not fair enough.
Let's wave a goodbye to snowhite,
and together let's welcome chocolate brown.
Let's welcome the beautiful dusk rather than a glowing morning.
Let's find the peace, the beauty sarrounding that dusky girl.

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तेरे रंग से तुझे छोड़ दूँ,मैं इतना भी बूरा नहीं
तेरे लायक़ ना था मैं,बस इसीलिए दूर हूँ।

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Dusky skin tone
Specs on your eyes.
Roseate lips.

Is there any other thing than that?
to shoot my heart?!

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THE DUSKY GIRL

She was a girl with beautiful black round eye,
As childish as a puppy and as lively as a butterfly.
Her chin always up and spirit as high as sky,
But one day in a lone corner I saw her cry.
So I went to her,sat there and asked her why?

I looked into her moistened eyes that were filled with worry,
People told her that she won't get a guy good enough to marry.
And even for that her papa has to pour in a huge amount of dowry,
I frowned a little as the things she told me were indeed very scary.
And she asked me if it was her fault not be born as pretty as a fairy.

I patted on her back and asked once again what troubled her,
Sobbingly she said nobody likes her as she is dusky in colour.
It melted my heart but I could do nothing to make her feel better,
All I could add was that you may or may not be a queen for other,
But you can always love yourself and be a princess of your own world.

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I felt so lucky that
I am black because
If I cried no one can recognized me..


As well my cheeks & nose,
won't say that I had cried....

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