Paper planes
fly to you
holding my words
for you within.
You catch them, smile,
not knowing
what they hold inside.

You look at the sky
and send them forward.
They flutter, fall
and find home
in the coffin called
earth.

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कल अखबार रख छोड़े थे,
मेरी चौखट पर;
कुछ फिर वापस बटोर लाया ।
सोचा यही बचा है,
समेटने सहेजने को,
याद तो रखना छोड़ ही दिया है ।।

अगले दिन कुछ और गायब हुए,
चाय पीते वक़्त मैंने नोटिस किया ।
लगता है कहीं कोई और भी
इन्ही पुराने पृष्ठों में 
ढूंढ रहा था
वक़्त के खोये पलों को ।।

(क्रमशः)

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If words could describe
My love for you
I would write you a sky
With beautiful sunsets,
Wrapped in
The possibility of beginning
That would never end.

But the words can't describe it all
And I can't afford my poetry
To keep hanging in air.
So once again
I picked a blank sheet
fold it like a paper plane to fly
to you.
Hoping this blank paper plane
Will make it farther to your heart
Than my poetry
Ever did.

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When your promises are mere paper planes,
Don't expect your love to take off to the skies.

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Creations, crafted with paper--
Roses, birds, boats, and planes.
Wondrous marvels made with love,
Like verses daintily penned,
With black ink or even red.
Words fashioned by a mind,
Endeavoring for respite.
Paper empowers the artist--
Permits him to breathe.
For, "there shall always be more."

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Amidst the smooth landings of paper Planes to deep sinking of paper boats we enrouted the world, innocence outpaced us when maturity never mattered.

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When paper planes flew
on wings of dreams.

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The open skies
of childhood,
now recalibrated
by the harsh horizons
of adult expectations,
are grounding
my paper planes.

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We were flying high in the sky.
We were paper planes.
To crash was our destiny.

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Note book pages are free spirits.
Torn they, fly as paper planes.

As they ventured through
To the distant lands.

They turned to Origami Cranes.
East to the land of the Orient.

The Rising Sun of the East.
Cultural synergy...

My regards to Shinto Priests...

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