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The Calm

Alan John Kallikat — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:20:17 +0000

After the storm,
We realise the things we lost,
Not those we didn’t.

Before the storm,
We realise the things we’ll lose,
Not those we have.

Fragility can be vulnerability,
Fragility can be hope.
A hope to break in the storm
And to be a part of it indefinitely.

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The Reluctant Journey

Lisa Jose — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:08:28 +0000

Some roads in life lead to unending misery;
It becomes a comfortable darkness;
You end up sacrificing your life for someone else’s dream.

It’s hard to rock the boat;
It’s taking you nowhere;
Yet you challenge any opportunity for change.

It’s a miserable existence;
Breathing, but not living.

The toughest journey is changing course
To an unknown destination.

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A Monochromatic Ballet

Divyanshu Kushwaha — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:04:49 +0000

A monochromatic soul, in a world of grey,
Tries to dance, to shuffle, in their own way.
Conversations swirl, but they cannot see,
The colours beyond, the world’s mystery.

A yearning deep, to be lost, to transform,
To break free from the norm, to weather the storm.

It may seem simple, my darling, to you,
But it’s a journey to a world anew.
Gaze into my eyes, and you’ll understand,
I’d dissolve in your love, like grains of sand.

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The Labyrinth of Loneliness

Yashasvi Shukla — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:02:38 +0000

I miss those days when I loved being alone,
Away from the chaos, away from the rush,
Living with the serenity of my soul.
But now, I am scared to be alone.
My company isn’t jovial anymore.
For it keeps giving me reminiscences.
Indulging in old memoirs is my habit now.
It has snatched away the peace of my mind,
The serenity of my soul.
I am engulfed badly by my past.
O, I miss those days when I loved being alone!
That was not how being alone felt.
When you have it all, you still lack something.
When you want to flee away, you are held back by demons in your head.
When you are tired of the mayhem within.
When you want to be heard, you are left alone in your solitude.
When you are in the phase of making a choice, choose one and lose the other.
That is when you are lonely.
That is when you start hating being alone.
That is when melancholy takes over every cluster of happiness.
That is when you are me.

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A Scream for Help or A Mere Whisper?

Tazeen Khan — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:00:44 +0000

They ask me why I am so quiet,
But that’s what a person does when her words are not heard.
What kind of world is this?
Now when I am numb,
My silence bothers everyone.
Yet when I shattered,
The echo of my breaking was paid no heed to.
I screamed and screamed but was ignored.
And those who heard
Gave me looks like I was speaking an alien language.
What’s so strange about being in pieces?
I don’t see anybody as a whole.
Yet also the fact
That I hear nobody scream.
Maybe that’s why we feel lonely,
Because we all think we screamed for help,
But it was merely a whisper
Addressed to a particular nobody.

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Friends

Mihika Kushwaha — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:49:15 +0000

Friends are crazy funny and nice
Reuniting with them is my favourite thing to do.
Enthusiasm to play every day
Never have we ever pranked each other
Every day.
Decode the code which makes us happy
Seeing them every day makes me happy.
Hilarious, hearty and so much more,
Incomparable, incredible… that’s their quality.
Pill for my sorrow,
As precious as a pearl,
They are my friends,
That’s why I adore them the most.

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Strong

Manjil Rai — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:46:21 +0000

In this busy world,
Where you don’t have time for yourself,
You hear the sudden patter of the rain
And it gives you the sudden realisation of the pain…
The pain you once lived in,
The pain you once felt,
And you never want to feel it again.
Rain, it flooded the memories of my brain
And made me realise how strong I became.

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Beacon

Shubhavi Ukhalkar — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:31:18 +0000

With an ocean of silence in my heart
Sitting on the coast,
I caught sight of a boat
Gliding along the weltering waves
Striving to find a plane.
I felt that turmoil; that halt,
As if everything was falling apart.

Splashing over my toes came a little white wave
And away it washed the footprints I tried to save.
The tide constantly swept them off
But I went on and on.

Day faded.
Sunlight slipped away.
Once again, everything turned dark and grey.
Suddenly, waves became louder than my thoughts;
The boat my eyes trailed was lost.
I saw every bit sinking to a new low
As if it was the final blow.

My heart almost drowned in an ocean of despair
When in a flash, a glimmer of light appeared, yielding hope beyond compare.
Euphoric, I couldn’t contain my delight
And gazed up at the sky, where the Pole star shone bright.

Then again I looked back on the boat I’d seen, sailing in sight
Led by the lighthouse to the path that was right
It’s easy to feel that hope is gone,
To feel lost and alone.
But an awake heart is like a lighthouse.
Helping others to find a safe way home.

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Indian Army Soldier

Auditi Majumdar — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:24:59 +0000

The glittering eyes of that young boy, bold and bright,
Dreamt of joining the army, holding his wishes tight.
He’d gaze all night at the sky’s bright stars,
Framing his dream of serving his country for hours.

Time promptly passed,
And he held a rifle in hand,
Stars on his shoulders, serving his homeland.
Stood in his uniform, a proud, noble sight,
He pledged to keep his countrymen safe day and night.

Yet fate struck hard, in the line of oblivion he fell,
His country’s tricolours draped, a story of bravery and sacrifice to tell.
His bright eyes dimmed, his spirit took flight,
Leaving memories of valour burning bright.

A hero’s sacrifice,
In his time of service, he said,
“The stars I gazed at pale to those on my shoulder,
It’s my pride in sacrificing myself, as an Indian Army soldier.”

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Whispers of Her Strength

S. Shahana — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:43:15 +0000

In the quiet dawn, she rises, serene,
A symphony of grace, unseen.
With hands that weave both dream and deed,
She sows the world with hope and seed.
Her laughter dances on the breeze,
A melody of timeless ease.
Through trials faced and battles won,
She shines, the earth’s resplendent sun.
Her eyes hold stories deep and true,
A tapestry of skies and blue.
In her embrace, the weary rest,
She is the calm, the heart’s own quest.
From whispered prayers to thunder’s roar,
Her spirit echoes evermore.
She is the pulse of nature’s song,
Unyielding, fierce, yet gentle, strong.
In every step, a legacy,
Of courage, love, and dignity.
The world revolves on her soft sigh,
A woman, boundless as the sky.

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