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[388] A New World Dawns

by Rahul Gaur15 Comments on [388] A New World Dawns
[388] A New World Dawns

Inconsistency is something I have been battling lately. I give too much power to my mind to wreak havoc with its lazy and destructive patterns. Control is what I seek and the more I seek it, the more it evades me.⁣⁣⁣⁣The next step in my development would be to capture consistency in my writing and [...]

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[381] Why We Write

by Rahul Gaur16 Comments on [381] Why We Write
[381] Why We Write

I write what I deny to think in my own head. I surprise myself as I watch these thoughts become real. It feels like someone else holds the pen and writes things I didn’t know I feel. He writes all that I thought I conquered but all I did was, lose to it.⁣⁣It’s a reminder [...]

poetry

[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 [...]

poetry

[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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[369] The Death of Ego

by Rahul Gaur16 Comments on [369] The Death of Ego
[369] The Death of Ego

Chase the high Find the light⁣⁣ I’m a weary soul⁣⁣ tumbling down⁣⁣ I will be born again⁣⁣ I will make mistakes ⁣ Is it too late to call it off now?⁣⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Stuck in an avalanche⁣⁣ Burying beneath the past⁣⁣ A snowy mirror reflecting a void⁣⁣ avoiding the forgotten lake of time⁣⁣ Deforestation [...]

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[367] The Night Never Ends

by Rahul Gaur8 Comments on [367] The Night Never Ends
[367] The Night Never Ends

Forgetful growth I learn that it’s easier to remember an existing memory than to form a new one It’s easier to learn because forgetting is seamless and all learning is really in the end is a seamless task of forgetting little details around as I close my eyes and wake to A whole world that [...]

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[364] The Negative Space

by Rahul Gaur16 Comments on [364] The Negative Space
[364] The Negative Space

The familiarity of the unfamiliar passes in my mind like a muffled sound It puts me to sleep so I don’t let it overwhelm me with pain I try to understand, analyse, hear, see it but its foreign language evades me The confusion brews about a pressure cooker feeling I try to ignore, deflect, hide, [...]