Hugging him, she smiled wide. The happiness in her eyes poured out in tears.

"He is your brother, or is he someone else?"a stranger asked.

"He is the only person I have in this world, I've never had a family." she cried.

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"So, he can't walk? That's so sad!" someone said.

"He can walk in his dreams, he writes very well, read his poetry," his friends said with a smile.

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"Why do you not tell them about how you feel?"

"I don't want them to know of my love."

"Why do you want to keep it inside you?"

"Because the storms outside do not destroy what's buried within."

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The day had come
for papers
to be signed
and leaving.

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I once made a wish to meet you, again.
Wish came true, but, you were married
to the person I had chosen for you.

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Eyes met, no one fell in love, friendship smiled.

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'How did you stand all the taunts they made?'

'You can't ask the sun to be a particular colour and be upset it isn't. Similarly, I can't be upset that I don't fit their expectations of a married woman.'

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'Don't count heartbreaks.'
she would always say.
'I won't.'
I remind myself.

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"There's a window in my heart,
where I can see your dreams."

"What are they? Tell me, no."

"I see you on the stage, talking
about your book and me."

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Eyes don't hold the daggers, but, prejudice in heart does.

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