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HER PLIGHT

A dark poem..Slightly Depressing.. before anyone draws conclusions about the origin of the character, the character is purely fictious and a creature of my imagination although Maybe the character has taken shape from the depth of my character and my previous disappointments. the most draining and serious poem I've done till date. Enjoy reading it!! The sun shines through the window,it spills brightness Illuminates the interiors with vibrance The room is alive now shimmering with playfulness Yet something holds everything back The sun confers the winds to blow Yet something holds its ablazing radiance She's sad, her heart aches with pain Nothing can outweigh her solemn tearfulness Her face seems old with countless worries within Yet so frail that the delicate finesse still prevails She looks around the room with no respite Yet nothing seems comforting to her Her relentless hands undergo frantic twitches Something unexplained goes on swirling inside he...

SINCE THE DAY

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This is a guest post by my very worthy friend Niharika Jain. I really liked this poem and the msg behind it. Hope u like it too! :) Since the day I came to this place, Away from my people, away from my place, I discover a new me everyday, I have expanded my dimensions and taken a new way. Taking chances, trying new things, I want to know how far will I be taken by my wings. I know later I may reget it, I know there is an ugly side to it. My mind keeps warning me, There is a turmoil going on inside me. But I want to know how it feels to be free, To touch the heights of the sky and drown into the depth of the sea, To let go of everything and break free, To forget all my fears and jump into the dark sea. They say life is all about having fun, Then why do we have responsibilities on our shoulders, which weigh a ton? But I think I will make the right choice anyhow, I will find my way out somehow. In the end, I will be fine, I wil...

WHAT IT WAS LIKE

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From my childhood, I wondered what it was like being tall, I set up a mark to measure myself against the wall! I once pictured myself alongside Mickey mouse, Wasn't hard imagining, My mom termed me 'cartoon' of the house. I wanted to be on a rocket to the moon, But I chucked the idea thinking I won't be back to earth any soon I wanted to live in the jungle land, But Wondering about crawling spiders, the idea was soon out of hand. I wanted to fly high in the sky, But without wings, I'd just fall down and die I wanted to swim with dolphins in the sea, But I always though those dolphins would laugh back at me. I wondered how proud a soldier felt with himself, But with the meager pay he got, would his sacrifice justify itself? As a child I felt there was so much to learn, I learnt Diplomacy, hate, cheating.. What else did I earn? But As I grew, the questions changed, The stupidity stayed but the seriousness ranged. The childish ...

I WALK A LONELY ROAD

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"Boulevard of broken dreams" is a song almost everyone is familiar with. Its from the band green day. This song rings a bell in my mind, an alarm of sorts.. The guitaring of the song is amazing, the vocals are magical and the lyrics impeccable but the meaning is astounding.. Its obviously more than just music and lyrics. The first line itself has so much to say "I walk a lonely road, the only one that i have ever known", we come in this world, we are raised in a loving family, but we still walk our own separate paths. The world is too busy and full of itself to ever notice or care abt us! We walk down a long road, long maybe not in length, but long because the experiences and incidents make it so!  We may suffer a series of emotions as we go along, sweet victories, bitter defeats, accidents, sufferings, heartbreak. But its life, it has to go on. We cry, laugh,enjoy, detest, even plan our lives. We hope for the best, we have unlimited wants and fantasies   but m...

AND THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

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My cousin Sakshi(right) and I This is a true incident. Long ago, when I was a kid. I particularly can't recall my childhood as such but this incident runs fresh in my memory! It was the year of 1997 or 98 I suppose. Pretty far back! I had to attend a parent teacher meeting at school (JASPAL KAUR PUBLIC SCHOOL it was in Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi). It really bothered me, it was a menacing day where teachers would just tell my parent particularly these few things "he's very shy", "he doesn't speak", "he's aloof", "he doesn't participate in activities" and I always ended up getting a rather blood staining F in extra-curricular activities in my report card! I was a serious kid, I never talked much, I associated with very few people. I was this little child with lots of thoughts in the head! Lots of doubt, maybe not about sciences or mathematics (I was pathetic at Math initially) but about how people were behaving around m...

RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE

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--> It starts with “What is your religion? What ethnicity do you belong to? Are you from a minority community?” and narrows down to “Are you Hindu? Are you Muslim?” People just carelessly spill out “I’m a Hindu, I hate Muslims” or conversely “I’m a Muslim, I hate Hindus.” People just love to quote the above given statements without realizing their overall impact. May I kindly ask why?? Did they personally come and harm your existence? Or did they do something bad to your life? Did they come and break your toys when you were young or puncture the wheels of your car? Pepl love to jump to unworthy implications and the younger lot mindlessly follow the notions set by the elders!  I understand that terrorism has been linked to islam but that doesn’t mean that every muslim you see is bad or a terrorist. The message in the recent movie “My Name is Khan” was crystal clear, yet ppl fail to perceive it and watch the movie for the star studded cast! Its awful when a person ...

MUMBAI MAYHEM

Posting it very very late..written by me a few years ago! The Mumbai blasts triggered my nerve cells I went gasping for breath saying WHAT DA HELL?? The faces once happy were as sad as they could get, It was a sight I would rather try to forget. People were lying motionless on da floors, Seemed like these terrorists have got no bloody chore!! I sat glued to da T.V. all da time It was sad to see the scenes of the horrific crime! I din’t know whether to laugh at da misery or cry at da loss? People were killed without a cause! What a security lapse it had been, To let dose dreaded terrorists in! Families cried, families sobbed and frndz broke down, At the fact that their dears would never again be found The blasts have angered me well from within, I feel lucky to survive each day since then! I think twice wthr to go out or not, Safety is out of question, fills me with horrifying thoughts Why do these terrorists kill innocents They do not know what da loss mea...