No matter how refreshing the breeze feels,

Or how melodious the song sounds,

Or how beautifully the shrubs wave to the tune of air,

What matters is if all these things combined will look up at the sky when you say "Look, A Bird".

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As the New Year's Eve draws nearer,
I wonder if greeting calls to the near and dear ones on a quiet train journey will overpower the excitement of an alcohol ridden party.

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'Forever' nahi, toh thoda hi sahi.
Tere saath zindagi nahi, toh dil ki do baatein hi sahi.

Kasamein waadey nahi, toh teri jhappi hi sahi.
Zindagi bhar ka ishq nahi, toh simple saada pyaar hi sahi.

Halki si zindagi hai. Stress kis baat ka?
Tumhe apnaya hai.
Hukumat kisey chalani hai?

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Uninhibited smiles.
Incessantly fluttering butterflies in my tummy.
Chilly December night.


If only we could share hugs physically through video calls.

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Five years ago, I fell for you the first time.

Now, I have realized why I still fall for you every time I talk to you.

It is not because of the compliments you shower on me or the way you look , talk, walk and smile. Neither the butterflies you send fluttering around in my tummy. I love all of those with all my heart.

But the thing that makes me slip for you over and over again, is because of how you make me feel able, strong, independent, worthy and complete.

Love, I wouldn't change it for the world.

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In the battle between the diktats of heart and those of brain, may we all get the courage to do what the heart yearns for, before it's too late to act; for the demands of life can eventually catch up to even the best of us.

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It's a shame how we are made to believe by our education system that knowing better or more is not as fruitful as knowing solely what is taught.

Such despicable benchmarks for relevance.

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And as your thoughts refuse to vacate the weakest crevice of my heart,

I will gently blow away the cinders of pain of your absence and carry the box of joy of getting to know you everywhere I go... Anywhere I go.

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Every time RBI releases a new notification, my heart cries a little harder, stomach lurches more ominously and this journey of life seems bleaker.

#RantsOfALawyer

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Somewhere, our businesses won,
I can't seem to reach you now,
No matter how fast I run.

Somehow, you are now a beautiful memory,
Days without you seem a poetically melancholic drudgery.

I wish I could embrace more than your silent ghost,
Is it just you, or also me that I have now 'lost'?

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