Author: Rahul Gaur

I write to impress you. I write so you learn a thing or two about yourself. All that I am, exists in between these sentences. So join me for an introspective trip to the insanity of truth.
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[477] The Last Two Minutes of Humanity

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[477] The Last Two Minutes of Humanity

Everything we don't know ages us. And because we don't know a lot, we live so little. It is said that if we compressed the universe's history in a 24 hour day, human life would come to fruition just 2 minutes before midnight. This is a truth that stays on the edges of our grey [...]

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[476] Follow Your Advice

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[476] Follow Your Advice

Catching the impurity as it⁣⁣leaves my lips in anger ⁣⁣All the words I tried not to say⁣⁣cascade with a waterfall impact⁣The worries are in a hurry to ⁣⁣get out rather than being felt⁣⁣⁣⁣I am the hypocrite I fight against⁣⁣⁣⁣The euphoria of a breakthrough is short-lived⁣⁣The survival of a gentle feeling drizzles⁣but it vanishes at the [...]

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[474] Reality is Just Another Dream

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[474] Reality is Just Another Dream

Don’t view your mistakesunder the glare of the sunTalk to your weaknessin the comfort of solitudePauseUnderstand to reactand discriminate your woes awayA lively mind is waitingat the end of the overwhelmingemotion you are feeling right nowFalling into reveriesthat I can’t interveneAll of my desiresand imagination freedThe will to control diesin the subtle world of my [...]

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[473] The Test of Will

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[473] The Test of Will

The familiar forgotten feelings mark a blue moon return. A knot in my mind that I thought had unravelled reveals its survival, as it resurrects. An ugly moon hidden by the clouds. I know no other way to talk about it other than talking about it as if it is something other than what it [...]

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[472] The Only Question You Need to Ask

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[472] The Only Question You Need to Ask

A great writer lives to pose a question ⁣on why things are the way they areAn eternal idea is their elusive muse⁣How stands in way⁣of what is still vague⁣⁣The journey, pathless for⁣truth⁣The end, a beginningof living⁣The purpose, to know⁣youThe answer, deceptively simplewhy? Art by Josh Pierce As pure coincidence, or you can call it the [...]

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[470] Clarity and Doubts of The Mind

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[470] Clarity and Doubts of The Mind

Autopilot days and⁣fighting eyelids ⁣The second voice⁣of wisdom cries⁣on its birth ⁣Momentary flow ⁣in the moment ⁣feels eternal⁣A customary dream⁣filled with secrets ⁣that an effortless ⁣soul will not unravel⁣Am I a dissembler⁣stuck in my own way?⁣Self-centred mind ⁣a bird that won’t go away?⁣The self-aware plight⁣of being aware of being aware⁣Words begin to loop ⁣Am I [...]

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[469] A Portrait of My Poetry

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[469] A Portrait of My Poetry

Fractured sensations of my timid life⁣⁣Fear binds my coward impulses with actions⁣⁣For the body can’t betray the mind⁣⁣⁣Finding the patterns for unlearning and not⁣⁣follow this repetitive mirage of a horizon⁣Freedom lies at the end of this night⁣⁣So I watch the meeting between thesea and the sun and ⁣soak in the expanse of my surrounding new [...]

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[468] The Beginnings That Never Begin

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[468] The Beginnings That Never Begin

Light trapped in the shadow⁣or you in my mind⁣My mind stutters⁣when it falls in love⁣Severed connection ⁣with my soul⁣Reality shapeshifts ⁣resembling autumn ⁣leaves in spring⁣⁣My feelings for you⁣are found underwater⁣drowning under the weight⁣of my inflated ego⁣Your spell doesn’t work⁣in a magic less place⁣A silent escape ⁣the only thought in my mind⁣⁣Who would have thought⁣silence breaks [...]