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[427] The Song of Falling Leaves

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021by Rahul Gaur20 Comments

Standing under autumn⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ My mind feels like a⁣⁣⁣ silhouette of my spring ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣I look around to find rotten⁣ apples⁣⁣ that preceded the blooming ⁣⁣ecstasy ⁣we call mankind ⁣⁣Find me where you left me ⁣⁣⁣I’m quiet, my thoughts don’t speak⁣⁣⁣ A nightingale keeps me company ⁣⁣⁣in all my nightmares that I breathe ⁣⁣⁣until they plunge [...]

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[393] Under The Spell

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021by Rahul Gaur1 Comment

Blurry shadows ⁣My past haunts ⁣I’m feeling worst ⁣for the last time ⁣Feeling the present ⁣for the past now⁣I learn it all ⁣to pass out⁣⁣Epiphanies lost to ⁣the morning of patterns ⁣and a sunlight⁣It snows down⁣on yesterday ⁣Am I in a dream ⁣or a void now?⁣I forget it all ⁣into the white ⁣⁣Heaven tastes like [...]

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[385] When You Forget Listening

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021by Rahul Gaur7 Comments

Forgotten to observe ⁣the stories of the unsaid ⁣Glitched neural networks ⁣to propaganda and overload⁣Emotions overpower contentment ⁣Ideas sacrificed for thirst for power ⁣The brave new world is drowning⁣and the underwater rebellion war cries⁣drowned out ⁣⁣But you know what they say ⁣about the dormant volcanoes⁣They burst when it’s least expected of them ⁣and the stories [...]

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[362] No Nightmares/Over Now

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

Amnesiac resolve to count the stars every nightTo wish her good morning every dayHer gifted cardigan fadesThe passionate red turns intoa lifeless citrus orange The space between us mirrors the expansion of the universeHer last attempt at reconciliationhaving an inverse effect on it allWe finally dream with no nightmares andlie down in ignorance ofthe death of a [...]

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[361] The Burning Courage

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020by Rahul Gaur33 Comments

My scattered self picks up pieces from everyone around in hopes to form a whole I hold a handful of childhood dreams fading from my memory Glimpses of a smile that i failed to bring in reality How do i become whole when my adamantine fear drives me to static safety How do i break [...]

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[352] A Beautiful Smile

September 28, 2020by Rahul Gaur14 Comments

Self-diagnosed with no self-confidenceI indulge in the breaking of my mind Compliments fall on my Van Gogh ear I reach my home to finally find my city on fire 'Do you have any last words?' the fire asksAnd the words on the threshold swallow up my tongue I had prepared a speech for all my [...]

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[346] The Fourth State of Living

September 14, 2020by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

All my biases and patterns point me to a living without ordeal A seamless painless life full of living 10 years in the blink of an eye but when I wake from my sleeping stateI realise regret creeping in I observe guilt of a life gone to wastejust because I stopped seeing when my eyes [...]

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[332] Futile Chase of A Sunrise

July 20, 2020by Rahul Gaur17 Comments

Things didn’t make sense for her⁣⁣ like a gnawing feeling inside her⁣⁣ to open a bookstore in the desert⁣,⁣ the pinnacle of solitude⁣⁣ Like we squandered an opportunity⁣⁣ by not having books in the middle of it⁣⁣ Who could have thought of this ⁣⁣ but her ⁣ ⁣⁣ The one who wakes up when the [...]

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[326] Before I’m Gone

June 28, 2020by Rahul Gaur14 Comments

Look closely Usually, I say nothing meaningful at all What I say in what I write should be of no consequence to you but you can choose to listen to the things unsaid Listen to where your mind takes you when you read about my lonely night Look around you and see the world change [...]

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[320] War of Life

June 16, 2020by Rahul Gaur7 Comments

Preaching honesty in vain Everyone has already made up their minds Shapeless phantoms impersonate bankrupt souls The will to look ahead corrupts the need to look inside Imagination summons for meaning in the form of a story As I write a letter to no one at all It reaches on the shore of an apocalyptic [...]