![[487] Lessons Learned](https://i1.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/487.png?fit=508%2C593&ssl=1)
All that remains is a folk tale misrememberedthe dust accumulated amidst the ruins of all that becameAll that survives is a feeling gone by in the form of a songof lyrical liesA knife isn’t as sharp as the silence tonightA fly on the wall is disturbed at its mightThe bird's eye view is a reminder [...]
![[485] The Harsh Truth](https://i2.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/484-e1627459214966.jpeg?fit=720%2C439&ssl=1)
The creation of a downfallSelf-sabotage for the wickedA mirrorless reflectionlies in the space betweenGrappling for truth orgrappling for you It doesn’t matter to find in vain the real youBones crackle to deludethe path of the wicked Mist follows their visionas smoke consumes thecloud that rains acid The feelings land on a rainless path of infertile [...]
![[481] My Eyes Desire You](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-06-at-8.27.31-PM.png?fit=720%2C308&ssl=1)
Future halts when eyes desirea glimpse of the pastThere was no me in the flow state of hearing you be youNow I carry my existenceto fill the cavity of youHedonistic tendencies fill the spiritual void There is awareness but of my doomed stateThere is tranquillity but of being lost in melancholyMy hurt feelings hurt who [...]
![[480] Familiar Strangers](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/480.jpeg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1)
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 [...]
![[476] Follow Your Advice](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Paula-Crown.jpeg?fit=720%2C1061&ssl=1)
Catching the impurity as itleaves my lips in anger All the words I tried not to saycascade with a waterfall impactThe worries are in a hurry to get out rather than being feltI am the hypocrite I fight againstThe euphoria of a breakthrough is short-livedThe survival of a gentle feeling drizzlesbut it vanishes at the [...]
![[469] A Portrait of My Poetry](https://i2.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/img_1171-1.jpg?fit=720%2C556&ssl=1)
Fractured sensations of my timid lifeFear binds my coward impulses with actionsFor the body can’t betray the mindFinding the patterns for unlearning and notfollow this repetitive mirage of a horizonFreedom lies at the end of this nightSo I watch the meeting between thesea and the sun and soak in the expanse of my surrounding new [...]
![[468] The Beginnings That Never Begin](https://i1.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/468-1.jpeg?fit=720%2C1012&ssl=1)
Light trapped in the shadowor you in my mindMy mind stutterswhen it falls in loveSevered connection with my soulReality shapeshifts resembling autumn leaves in springMy feelings for youare found underwaterdrowning under the weightof my inflated egoYour spell doesn’t workin a magic less placeA silent escape the only thought in my mindWho would have thoughtsilence breaks [...]
![[466] Space Love + Featured in Top 100 Poetry Blogs (2021)](https://i1.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/466.jpeg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1)
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 [...]
![[429] The End of a Toxic Memoir](https://i2.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/429.jpeg?fit=720%2C720&ssl=1)
Utter words that you heard in your dreamsThe one where you were dying in your sleepwhere you fooled a good samaritan to birth evil in him leaving him alone in the great expanse and amidst the sound of windmills that recycled your pain into causing hurt andinto moving pictures of your damning reverieTell them about [...]
![[420] If I Avoided Intuition](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2-1.jpeg?fit=720%2C509&ssl=1)
I sometimes forget the moment of reckoningof when I gave weight to feelings more than reality of me giving emphasis to the unsaid emotions than the ones that assumed formin the form of tangible, tactile, physical and realwhen I chose the myths, metaphors, abstract and surreal What if i had made the other choice?To leave [...]
