Tag: thoughts
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[71] The Dinosaur Poem.
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Fear of the unknown unsettles the clarity I was happily settled in The unsettling turns into a grim excitement as ego burns the fear away into a galaxy unknown. I embark. They appear, towering 20 feet above the trees Resilient, sturdy legs and a roar that deafens even silence In hope for an unknown galaxy,…
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[70] A Guide For Forgetting Happiness.
To let monotony tire my heart I wake up. Instead, my existence is tired. A search for meaning compels me to pick up worry, confusion, frustration on the way. At last, the meaning arrives in the form of a lie My grey drizzly day ends with the quiet of my mind It’s funny how sleeping…
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[69] Cure Your Writer’s Block By Doing This.
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The economy of the like minded has created a perception that writer’s block is a phenomenon that can be overcome only by an inspired mind. The need to understand that a constant state of flow can also spring up new ideas and reveal your underlying feelings just because your neurons are sparking up is paramount…
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[68] We All Suffer From Hope
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We all suffer from hope. A hope for a universal desire to be loved. To be loved for who we are is what we look for in a relation, be it friendship or romantic. But no one can love you for all that you are. So you build up a facade of who they want…
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[67] Fullness of a void
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She lies beside me in a wakeful slumber Gulping down the dose of not speaking secrets she hides To watch her eyes, I am reminded of the colours of the space The lesson they provide: to not go beyond what you’ve been given The reason why she tells me not to look in her eyes.…
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[66] Writing Exercise: “In A Regretful Room”
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Where am I? An 8×10 square room with a feeling of no air. White walls with dirt marks caused by the edge of my dirty feet mirroring an eeriness inside my mind. The bright white light blinds me for a millisecond and then I see again. A table of inferior quality stands on its four…
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[64] Am I excited to be doing what I’m doing or am I in aimless motion?
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Enthusiasm and eagerness are the emotions that a person goes through whilst feeling excited. And feeling excited about the field that you’re going to dedicate your whole life to is a must. Do I feel excited towards filmmaking right now? or am I in aimless motion? To answer the first half I can say that…
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[63] Social Media Detox Day 2 – Day 10
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Confusion. Bewilderment. Brink of insanity. Web of lies. Complications. These words describe the situations I’ve been in before I left Social Media. Getting immersed in a scroll fest of unnecessary information that fed tiredness to my brain was the schedule whenever I had free time. The Changes During day 2 to day 5 whenever I…
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[60] Musings from a dark silent box.
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I In a dark silent box, I’m breathless A revolt broods like lava Like a calm before the storm She moves inside the box and gives me music. II I live somewhere in between your remembrance and denial. You live somewhere in between my fragrance and a lie. We speak through shapes of clouds, the…
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[58] Fixation to Perfection
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I have 16 drafts pending on my editing table. I have 6 stories ready for revision. I have around 18 topics that I can write on in 30 minutes and publish them here. But I don’t. Because of fixation to perfection. I think that things can always get better, I can always do better than…
Smoke words every day. 