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[236] Tragedy of a Digital Life (NaPoWriMo 4/30)

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019by Rahul Gaur2 Comments

Digital sun is burning us away It's holding our best selves in prison lost heartfelt letters, of all our memories images get distracted in this age of information December helps us from drowning from all our fears away from the digital sun Catching the graveyard of stars on top of a frozen lake until it's [...]

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[234] Resting My Case

March 15, 2019by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

Sounds of madness Crawl away inside my veins I try to put it out like it’s fire It reignites back in sparks of the bloom of my underlying despair Words that caressed me to sleep now jolt me out of it They grip me by my shirt and pull me into the dark again where [...]

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[231] Every Breathe You Take

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019by Rahul Gaur4 Comments

what if we could sell dreams in chunks and give away nightmares for free what if we could steal ambition for once and ebb away this gnawing wastefulness that eats us away with every breath we don’t tasteevery breath that we need to choke death away

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[230] The Enlightenment

February 9, 2019by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

Last night i died a thousand deaths and learned nothing new from it I walked past all my past selves catching up with all my past mistakes but I learned nothing new from it I played with shadows the game of nightmares the rules of which weren’t decided the surprise felt like blood swirling around [...]

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[228] In The Eyes of You

January 29, 2019by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

In the eyes of the woman who loved me I probably crawl like an evil serpent I cry for all the crocodiles I fly like i’ve never done it In the eyes of the people who trust me I probably lie even when i’m sleeping I try to be faithful to my company I die [...]

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[226] Lost In A Nightmare

January 22, 2019by Rahul Gaur2 Comments

On the Sunday of my worries I wake with your pretty little nightmares My hand hovers to reclaim reality But all it holds is your absence So i sleep again with my worries To meet you again somewhere in my pretty little nightmares It feels like seeing colours in black and white The form of [...]

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[220] FEAR

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019by Rahul Gaur10 Comments

It all originates from fear Fear of being proven wrong Fear of watching your neatly built up world crumble into fiery lava from the volcano of suppression Fear of being just another brick in the wall when you dreamed of bigger things forgetting that the only thing people have in common with you is the [...]