#embracinglife

the kiss still lingers
the touch still felt
the hugs still warm

the bruises still fresh
the bites still bloody
the cries still ring
the eyes still redden

you still sting like a bee
still love caresses like the autumn breeze

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We were
meant to be.
But you
had a cross
attached to you.
And I was a Hindu.

In our world, they fit.
But in theirs, it didn't.

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And you thought
love was a two-way street.

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you call it
a mother tongue
yet
they are the tongues
of our fathers.

//ours get slashed

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The two little kids were hungry.
Finally the door opened and everyone ran towards the food.
Gobbled it up hungrily in little bites.
" This will last till the humans don't take it away." said Mother Rat, as the body gave a final shudder and went still.

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If I tell you the truth,
you'll leave me.
If I tell you a lie,
you'll leave her.

We became the puppets
and you were pulling the strings
all this time.

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They tried to crush me.
But I was cardamon,
my aroma was enough
to let them know.
I'm alive.

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You left from the back door.
Love didn't have the guts to even open the back door.

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Last time I was struck in traffic was the first time I saw you.

//with her//

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there are
always going
to be
people
better than
you.
but,
no one can
do it
better than
you.

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