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[65] My Darling
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Terrorise me through your love, my darling Force your way into my mind Break what I’ve made until now because you call for a masterpiece made of and for you entirely. Be violent in your approach, my darling because I exist for a passion that numbs the world that we live in, to enter the…
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[62] Social Media Detox: Day 1
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Living inside ideas of another men and women is what we have been doing since the dawn of man. Novels, movies, stories, even the social constructs are us living in an idea of another men and women. It seems perfect and quaint until we start questioning it because some ideas are faded in their authenticity…
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[61] Challenge: Quitting Social Media For A Month
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The aim for any creative person is consistent productivity. And the roadblock that many are facing is constant interruption through their phones, social media addiction, procrastination watching cat videos or having anxiety because of news that has an indirect response to us. The roadblock to the roadblock i.e. the resistance to quit this interference is…
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[60] Musings from a dark silent box.
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I In a dark silent box, I’m breathless A revolt broods like lava Like a calm before the storm She moves inside the box and gives me music. II I live somewhere in between your remembrance and denial. You live somewhere in between my fragrance and a lie. We speak through shapes of clouds, the…
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[59] Why creating a mood is important.
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A mood stays in the background. It is like the ambience to what holds your attention. Without the creation of which your spotlight lit art will not evoke the desired response. The dictionary defines “mood” to be “the atmosphere or pervading tone of something”. Think about the movies that have stayed with you. Now focus on…
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[58] Fixation to Perfection
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I have 16 drafts pending on my editing table. I have 6 stories ready for revision. I have around 18 topics that I can write on in 30 minutes and publish them here. But I don’t. Because of fixation to perfection. I think that things can always get better, I can always do better than…
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[57] Freewrite back into focus.
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It’s been a long while since words have flowed out of my brain and formed a concrete idea. Now all I do is live inside my brain and let it sink in the moments I perceive to be of importance. The will to write has been eradicated by the monotony of waking up, getting ready,…
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[56] you (don’t) speak
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from 2 am to 5 am our souls whisper like its meant to be then the sun wakes up and it all fades out, you get all dressed you put up the wall again, the wall again. i wait for it to fall down, crumble down but it just does not i wait for the…
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[55] A New Legend
![[55] A New Legend](https://rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_7321.jpg?w=1024)
I drag my misery with me To the light clouds shaped mountains Hoping they’ll lift the weight Put me at halt, a work against gravity Offer a refuge to my restlessness A home to my anxiety And give me a pass to leave them there And tell me not to be a snowball Collecting panic…
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[54] Poetry By My Nightmares
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Nights terrify as the rain drowns my scream The wind that held answers is distracted to amuse paper boats and drive it to sink with me. A numb sleep lets you meditate and makes you dream of colours. Avoiding red, you accept the blues A lighthouse like a morse code, wrecks you. A…
Smoke words every day. 