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[384] Play of Shadow & Light

by Rahul Gaur15 Comments on [384] Play of Shadow & Light
[384] Play of Shadow & Light

Absolve me from my illusions⁣⁣from my frequent illness of disquietude ⁣⁣⁣How long can I put up⁣⁣⁣conversing with ⁣⁣⁣God’s shadow ⁣⁣⁣Clear me of its luminous clouds ⁣⁣⁣Reveal the sun on my lake⁣⁣⁣with no reflections at all⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Give me the chance ⁣⁣⁣to look beyond the ⁣⁣⁣unfathomable depths of my soul⁣⁣⁣even if it means ⁣⁣⁣annihilation of my ego⁣⁣⁣even if [...]

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[380] Vignettes of Lost Glimpses

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[380] Vignettes of Lost Glimpses

Wasted attempts to ⁣clothe in words ⁣what cannot be told ⁣what can only be felt ⁣⁣The desired thought ⁣erodes all attempt ⁣to let it capture itself⁣A magician's trick⁣⁣Paintings that crack⁣lose all their hues⁣The meaning is lost ⁣Reinterpretation of the blue⁣⁣Dumbed down attempts ⁣to strip all facades⁣The essence is lost ⁣in order to find ⁣what cannot [...]

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[372] Know Yourself, Know Others

by Rahul Gaur20 Comments on [372] Know Yourself, Know Others
[372] Know Yourself, Know Others

How many times have you observed 
people in their private spaces alone and being their honest selves? There’s an ease or a disquiet 
consuming the way their body moves We’ve probably only watched ourselves 
in those private moments and we know how different we would behave if there was another person amidst our environment 
so [...]

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[371] Fire in My Eyes

by Rahul Gaur6 Comments on [371] Fire in My Eyes
[371] Fire in My Eyes

My daily life is mostly a dazeInvolved in living the next momentTaking part in the uselessness of scrollingJust to be away from living in my headBut there comes this moment in the dayWhere everything is sky blue clearAnd it arrives like the everyday morning sunwhere I forget apathy, pity, validation, distractionand I am overcome by [...]

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[363] Looking Beyond

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[363] Looking Beyond

Ancient wisdom hidden in plain sight Like secrets that can’t be told It seems to transcend thought lying in the great beyond waiting for the giant leap forward and standing up to the image of fear The blink of an eye waiting to open offering us a chance to witness the true nature of a [...]

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[355] A New Life

by Rahul Gaur2 Comments on [355] A New Life
[355] A New Life

Vatic statements of my demiseas if somebody guided me through their own dreamsThe terrain of the road ahead unfamiliar and distantI kept the doomed utterances close to my heartArt became an expression of the emotions unsaidPoetry took the shape of what I couldn’t understandStories were conceived keeping her in mindLiving became light with you always [...]