कैसे छुपाओगे...
उसकी पहचान...
वो तो किरण है...
रोशनी की...
जो हर अँधेरे को...
चीर कर आएगी।

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And they lived happily thereafter, without each other.

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Is always ignited in me
Whether it's my victory or my failure

When I fail , it ignits to make me strong &
When I win , it ignits in me to move par excellence

The bulb called hope,
Always flickering like the fluctuations of my life
Giving a new beginning & a mean to live again
Hope , never pacified

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If I stop smiling

I hope you will at least ask why

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My worst fear anyday is
I'll drop down dead from heights, so
I keep holding myself tight.

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I hope to hide you
in my verses,
to save you
from all the curses.

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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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मन की बोरी
सपनों की चवन्नी
बैंक सी दुनिया
हुई बेदम चवन्नी !
चिंगारी से लम्हें
बूंद सी हिम्मत
ज़ोर की टक्कर
धुंधला धुआं चवन्नी !
गहरा काला सा डर
उजली खोखली सी भीड़
पहली ही मुलाक़ात
घुटके मरी चवन्नी !! Tanu Srivastava "सखी"

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What is my soul,
if not
darkness fighting the light.
Burning each day,
in hopes of
shining bright.

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Hope feels like
the tiny rainbow in our living room,
quivering on the floor,
as the sun peeps in
through the glass window.
I crouch near it,
and take it into my hands,
marvelling at the hues dancing
over the creases of my palms.
And then the sun shifts,
and my hands are empty again.

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