Of all others, why me?
The other day they...my 'friends'
said I can't sit on the boys' row,
I dozed off on Raj's shoulder
on the school bus on way home,
he exchanged seats with someone
I've never known.
They push me down on ground,
say I don't belong- I don't know,
I'm a human, too.
Class 5 A is infamous because of me,
I walk in and all look away,
It wasn't like this till the new
'sex education' class.
Mom loves me, so does dad,
but teacher turns his face
away from me, the clock strikes 4
I rush to grab a window seat.
Lately mom's been telling me,
the other name of 'gay' is happy.
She says I should find
my nepenthe in piano,
which they say I'm great at,
and I think, gradually,
I'm getting happier.

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~• Zone Gyan •~

// Soliloquy //

( in caption )

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"I'll enter
A far-off cave
Where I can be
Naked and brave;
Away from
All the blatant raves,
I'll be my own self;
However much,
I crave!"

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Be steady my heart
The world may prick a lot
Don't fall in despair
Just breathe in the air
Of hope that never dies
It's a cowrie that shines
Have just to believe
For it to embrace your being
The clock may be ticking
Autumn may be arriving
Can't remember everything
The glorious mornings
And the sweetest evenings
So many years in between
But I am thankful for just being
For life is a gift and a blessing

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"You just can't go out,Nishu, that's it..
If you try to irritate me, I shall lock you in.."
.
.
.
"Achha, listen, I can only take you to the balcony...not beyond the threshold"

//fractured leg

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• Fragile intermission
between a play and someone •

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আধাজহা হৃদয়ত
বেদনায়ো নিসিঁচে মলিনতাৰ কঠীয়া ...!!!

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Solitude.
Just a fancy word
for loneliness, you say?

You, my dear... you, poor thing,
have been terribly mistaken.
Solitude is endearing.
Loneliness is emptying.
The latter, creates voids.
Solitude, fills them.

When you're around people
that you so fondly call yours,
that's solitude.
Why? 'cause they're a part of you.

When you're around people,
familiar, yet strangers,
that's loneliness.

Talking to you, my love,
is what I call Soliloquy!

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Why do I sound more awesome
in my bathroom soliloquy
than in real life conversations?

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