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[589] The Art of Poetry
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The language of poetryis the language of the invisible words arranged in such a waythat they become, briefly,a stanza capable of carryingwhat no ordinary sentence could It is alchemy of a particular kindnot gold from leadbut life from what we ignoredin the waking hours,the unsaid that gathersin the corners of a mindthe way dust gathersin…
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[585] The Vultures Are Circling
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Every person who sleepsbecomes that personwho surrendersnot from weaknessbut from the ancient agreementbetween the vulture and the eagle,wwhere the vulture,that patient birdborn of dawn,whose terrible eyesightsees what the livingprefer not to circles every bedin every darkened city,between one breath and the next,and says,in the oldest voice,I have carried you this far,trust me to carry you…
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[584] What The Leaves Protect
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A Hundred Million Years before There was no Love, no Name Until a Plant released its Pollen And the First Flower came Love was not found. Love was invented By something that could not speak A wordless want between two Beings A Wind, a Bloom, a SceneWhenever I behold her faceThe Bougainvillaea stirs in my…
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[583] The Twin Cities And Their Doom
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It rained hard in the night, the skies torn wide,I woke to my bed adrift by the moon’s tide,The whole city submerged, swallowed entire,by ocean below and heaven’s blue fire,As above, so below, the ancient refrain,Mumbai returned to the sea from where it cameOnce Dwarka stood golden beneath Krishna’s eye,its seven-tiered towers reaching the sky,The…
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[577] The Portrait on The Wall
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My grandfather lives in a frame in the living room He has been there since the year my father stopped being nineteenThe year he inherited his father’s job, his family, his silencetoo large to wear comfortablyand no one to ask how, and no choice to say noBut will he inherit his smile?My grandfather’s portrait never…
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[573] Hide and Seek
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I seek the elixirI seek the sourceI find emptinessI find a glimpse that is goneI seek the elixir of loveI seek the source of patienceI find a destined hurtI find a restlessness that paces inside my heartI seek the elixir of poemsI seek the source of aweI find my lack of knowledgeI find my apathygrowing…
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[570] A Report to My Colony
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Like millions before him this one arrives at 3am, drawnas they always are, to the hum and the cold lightI watch from behind the refrigerator The way I have watched everything the meteor, the dinosaurs, his Monday morningsHe opens the door and the light catches his eyes which contains the feeling of guilt before it…
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[520] Enigmatic Presence
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Running out of wordsin a velveteen quicksandEngulfed in the eternalI listen to my oceanic orchestraMy inner world jostles and i turn the other wayuntil i’m facing awayfrom my eventual fateEverything and nothingall at once, twice and all timesI move feelingsI force sadnessI grab the fleetingI am an enigma stuck in my own wayslocked out of…
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[506] The Eternal Question(s)
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I lived in a vacuum without wordsa life without soul, a spiritual torture of sortsAn imaginary world without imaginationA physical whirlwind of confirming and conformingIt was an exile from my inner worlda detour to enhance the drive but I found nothing of value just a waning death dying This time the dark didn’t have controlneither…
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[480] Familiar Strangers
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If I look at you long enoughFor a second, you seem like a strangerI am someone else in that second and you belong to another worldSometimes I look at youwith no desire or urge just a feeling of marvel andnot a shred of world’s conditioningWhat will be the genealogy of you?The root and the sourceof…
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[466] Space Love + Featured in Top 100 Poetry Blogs (2021)
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I water my desert pain with your name Your sun flare gazelights up aurorasBut in a citythe stars only dazzle in dreams You find my light waning by your sidePremonitions come to you as deja vu Realisations of changing feelingsYou leave my orbit to createyour own planet to watch my supernova I happened to check…
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[462] The Statue of Imperfection
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Inability to recall our daydreamsThe chameleon meaning bends throughMaterialisms and all its ismsCompositions of genius standardshaped inside a chaotic quiet mindFlow state and the quest for masteryNumerous unread books to signalintelligence that could have beenCorruption of concentration through ambitionLofty premises of avoiding routineBoredom loses to one eureka moment Lost potential of finding a unique voice…
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[460] The Eternal Waiting
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I walked while I waited for words to stop failing My state of mind was statelessWaking up in liminal spacesThere seemed to be an answerthat didn’t speak my languagein a storm that uproots blue to reflect fiery passionUndone by shapeless sensationsVehemently without fervour But my internal life is boundless andit thinks of you whenever I’m…
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[456] Why I Persevere
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I’m hollow as a hologramWhen my thoughts become wordsthey die a thousand deaths All my resolve crumbles when I break my empty promisesThe night comes as a seasonto change the course of my riverThe wind speaks in whispers and offers another chance at redemptionAll my epiphanies die when I sleepThey are lived in my dreamsWaking…
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[455] Resurrection of Past Love
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𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪I’ll be quiet in hellish silenceWhispers of chaos touch my skinI’ll be waiting in September remembering my fading memories of youDo you quiver in your fever dreams?Do you still remember the fear of our end?Or am I the only one living a dreamless dreamof forgetting I am awakeI file away our images in the…