Tag: childhood

• [567] The Art of Innocent Looking

  

  Adults trickled into the home ⁣⁣⁣⁣They wave at me as my eyes⁣⁣⁣⁣dart through the last pages of the newspaper⁣⁣⁣⁣shouting, “ball” at every round thing my pupils catch⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣One of them rolls a plastic ball at the ‘kid’ ⁣⁣⁣⁣Everyone smiles, and I do too, ⁣⁣⁣and then ⁣I roll it back, because a broken thing is still broken ⁣no matter how…

  Rahul Gaur

  April 2, 2026

  poetry

  blog, blogging, childhood, cricket, Fiction, inspiration, journal, life, NaPoWriMo, poetry, writing

• [350] Innocence Lost to Time

  

  Everyone is asleepIt means I can talk to the wind tonightThey’re finding and losing their way and I’m closer to finding my answers at nightDriven to insanitywhere the universe ends for usand the Big Bang begins againThat’s where I find myself stuckAm I the beginning of the endor is it all circular insteadClarity sidesteps for…

  Rahul Gaur

  September 23, 2020

  Uncategorized

  art, blog, blogging, childhood, life, love, poetry, sad, story, thoughts, truth

• [301] A Walk Down Memory Lane

  

  Fifteen steps from my bed and I reached the place of my nightmares My hand still battling with sleepy dust in my eyes Still not realising the path that lay in front of me even though it was a part of my daily routine The first realisation is cold dampness and my eyes widening to…

  Rahul Gaur

  April 4, 2020

  Uncategorized

  art, blog, blogging, childhood, inspiration, life, memory, Poems, poetry, thoughts, truth