Ode to marbles
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The glass marbles
they played with grew to
glass walls between them.

multicolored prisons,
strong and unbendable
as their ego, break them they can,
but all they do is move them
higher and higher, for fear of the
shards piercing their egoistic supremacy.

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In the world full of tiles & marbles,
Be someone's kaccha house...!!!
(which ultimately relieves the soul)

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hidden marbles in the river,
If you go deep into its,
then only you know its presence !

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One moment you have
All the marbles in your hand.
The very next moment,
They all spill out,
Without you realizing it.
And it feels like a
Lifetime spent
Before you get a chance
To pull all of them together
And start the game again.


© Tanujaa Pradhan
Saturday. November 7, 2020.

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मेरे जेब के कंचे अब आसमान में खनका करते हैं।
फर्क सिर्फ इतना सा है कि..
अब हम ये खेल खेलने की बजाए..
मन लगा कर देखना पसंद करते हैं..

उन दिनों..
दो कंचे उधार लिए थे शौक पूरा करने के वास्ते..
ये जीत की लत कब लग गयी निशाने लगाते लगाते..

कंचे खेलते खेलते जमाना बदल गया..
अब सिर्फ यादों में छुपाया करते हैं हम..वो ढेर सारे कंचे..

आजकल..
रात को दिन बनाते हैं हम..
आसमानी कंचे देख देख कर..
मेरे मन में उठीं उनकी खनक सुन सून कर...

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ये ऊन दिनोकी बात है
हम बोहोत अमीर हुवा करते थे।..
मगर जेबोमें पैसें नहीं
कंचे और लट्टू हुआ करते थे।...

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I lost even the marbles
remained in my fist,
in collecting those
rolled down on road.

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When everyone is celebrating someone's present
I am sitting on my lost land
Collecting my marbles from your heart.

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A boy and a girl a girl exchanged marbles and sweets.


A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed.
The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave the rest to the girl. The girl gave him all her sweets as she had promised.
That night, the girl slept peacefully. But the boy couldn't sleep as he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him the way he had hidden his best marble.

Reflection:

This simple story gives us a simple lesson that who does evil expects evil. This lesson applies to all stages/domains of life may it be professional for familial.
If you don't give hundred percent in a relationship, you'll always keep doubting if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.
Give your hundred percent to everything you do and get peace of mind.

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