February 2018 - Smoke Words Every Day

[129] Mind As Summer

February 27, 2018by Rahul Gaur12 Comments

My mind is summer now. Languid in its breathing of thoughts and idle in its progression of time. There is a blinding of the heat that is not surprising as it numbs the mind. Time & again it finds a shade of hope only to realise that it was an illusion of my own scorching [...]

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[128] The Constant Struggle

February 25, 2018by Rahul Gaur14 Comments

a mere appearance of wisdom a mind full of questions a laugh full of deceit what will I really be? Imperfect memories make me Unformed thoughts are my pillars When change is the only constant what will I really be? What I am is not what I was What I will really be is not [...]

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[127] Life: A Parody

February 19, 2018May 27, 2020by Rahul Gaur5 Comments

Aren't we all just parodies of our true selves? Trying to feign reality but only becoming an amusement in return. We are always striving for the illusory knowledge of ourselves but all we find is an illusory illusion which breaks when we probe further. Where does the answer to the quest of our journey lie? [...]

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[126] I Can’t Help You

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018by Rahul Gaur15 Comments

A cry for help falls deaf when it leaves your lips not because I can't hear but because I can't help Your tired eyes leave me to turn inward and explode within I just watch this explosion as a spectacle in return Hopeless & morbid I turn attention towards what I am feeling as a [...]

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[125] Blip On The Radar

February 4, 2018by Rahul Gaur4 Comments

To become a blip on your radar is the aim I carry my life with for you To transform from insignificant to significant in your world is the aim I assemble my thoughts by Is it right though? To obsess over you like a spy The only goal becomes the actual goal and not this [...]