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I love how the sea plays with the sky,
the clouds race with the waves
and in between when I think of you
the raindrops falling on me brings me back to reality.

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I don't understand my heart,
It loves the fading clouds
still imagines a beautiful forever

I don't understand my heart,
it wants to hide all the scars
but searches for the moon at night

I don't understand my heart,
it smiles at those memories
but remains quiet
when asked to define love

I don't understand my heart,
it travels daily to the same place
and still doesn't know where it belongs

I don't understand my heart,
It loves to write poem
but is afraid to break.

I don't understand my heart,
how it understands me
and then misinterprets itself.

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Some people are so kind they'll murder you
with words and then put the knife in your hand,
yes you committed suicide by speaking to them.

Some people are so open minded whenever
you'll smile looking at your phone or talk
to people of opposite gender
they'll think you're in a relationship because
that's the only thing you've to do in life.

Some people are so cute they'll manipulate
you with a smiley face. Aww!
They'll make you regret about your decisions,
you shouldn't have done that let's change the past.

Some people are such good listeners
they'll never let you talk because why not?
You too have a life or what? Your life is always running smoothly, you don't have problems right?

Then comes some people like me who write
on some people and some people like you who
read about some people.

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Being a poet is like
sitting near window
drawing the view on paper
and showing it to everyone
through words.

Being a poet is like
having a pen and paper
infront of you and
all the stories cooked
or tasted works as ink for you.

Being a poet is like
being a chef, who tastes
its own food many times before
it reaches on the table.

Being a poet is like
a poem sometimes
sitting between the verses but
It doesn't rhyme that's why
It's free, making its own rhyme.

Being a poet is like
making a glass mirror
or a mirror, a glass.

Being a poet is like
playing with reader's mind
at the end, the poem wins
if I wrote it and you read it.

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I knew I wasn't in love but with the idea of it,
when I was dreaming of a forever but afraid to commit.

I knew I wasn't in love but with the idea of it,
When I said "I love you" and still
figuring out what exactly love is.

I knew I wasn't in love but with the idea of it,
When I wanted you to accept my flaws
while I was busy covering them.

I knew I wasn't in love but with the idea of it,
When I wished a full moon to appear every night but
it wasn't enough for the darkness inside me.

I knew I wasn't in love but with the idea of it,
When I loved rainy season but afraid
of the muddy stains on clothes.

I knew I wasn't in love but with the idea of it,
When I wrote poems for him but
didn't wanted it to have my pen name.

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I know a woman, who eats restrictions all day made by her family. And if she breaks a rule, she's given a slap for her choice. Her life is a cage and freedom is a dream.

I know a woman who has no children, every moment she is told she's incapable to be a mother and she thinks she's not enough because womanhood is just the power to give birth.

I know a woman who is raped, everytime the trauma eats her when someone touches her. Her family is fed up of running to police station for justice. Our System is with no ears, eyes but a mouth full of money.

I know a woman, who hears everyday from her husband "You're nothing in front of me." Wiping her tears she goes to job, handles her son and he says to her,"You're everything to me mummy."

I also know a woman like me who writes on woman and a woman like you who reads about woman.

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You're like the Sun
at the centre of our solar system
I'm the earth, orbiting you.

Your love attracts me
but getting too closer
I'll be shattered into pieces
and every piece would be buried in your heart.

Gravity is the fate
that saves me from falling for you
Other planets too orbit you
some closer to you are dead inside
some farther don't know what life is

I'm not too far
that I've forgotten you
I'm not too close
that I've died for you
We're at such a distance it's not love
or hate but this distance is the existence of us.

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