Bare and Naked

My bare soul,
enjoys the nakedness,
and wears it well
when she is alone.
Among the crowd,
She chooses to refrain
from going bare.
As chances are,
the nakedness she wears,
might give her unhealthy stares.

I believe

I dream of sunshine when clouds overflow,

I dream of patience when anger offshoots,

I dream of life when stress takes over,

I dream of peace when mind surrenders,

I dream of silence when chaos prevail,

I dream of smile when tears refuse to sleep,

I dream of reality when imposters are there,

I dream of ambiguity when hard work fails,

I dream of acceptance when rejection is faced,

I dream of future when present is safe,

I dream of victory after tasting defeat,

I dream of faith when hope shakes,

I dream of nature after smelling concrete,

I dream of love post bitter deceit,

I dream of solace when heart skips a beat,

I dream of honesty when only lies speak,

Yet I dream,

As I dream,

 I believe.

A Bit of You

Enjoy the sunshine,
Heard it is sunny that side,
Warmth and deep desires,
Allow them to bloom in the wild,
Days have passed, so have nights,
So quickly that I didn't realise,
Your absence this time,
Didn't harbour any void,
No deafening silence,
No gazing at the stars,
Bagful of memories,
and the smell of your skin,
Many thoughts kept on lingering,
In handful of emotions,
The time was ripe,
To let go off attachments,
Of little affections,
And many expectations,
A lot of time for me,
and a bit for you,
Introspecting and understanding,
The root of existence,
Of the seeds of love,
We sowed together,
A long time ago,
Not so long though,
Sorry to hear the fate it met,
Yet the love will bloom,
In the warm sunshine,
But without any expectation,
This time.

An Incomplete Song

This is a song for you,
I wish to sing to make you happy,
The song has no melody,
But a rhythm only heart can study,
I wish to tell you,
There isn't much I want,
Just be happy and always smile,
Have I told you?
When you look charming?
Oh!put on that smile and you are ready.

I wish to tell you,
What I thought about us,
We both were happy in our worlds,
Writing post cards from the places we travelled,
You, as usual, were busy in knowing,
I, as usual, was busy roaming,
You were narrating tales of history,
And I was telling you all about eateries,
We wrote to each other quite regularly,
Happy in our lives,
We missed each other dearly.

I wish to tell you,
How I live on fond memories,
Visiting different places,
Remembering balmy evenings,
Chaotic markets and train conversations,
A bit of usual confusion,
Arguing without any reason,
Your arms always reaching out to me,
In the crowd, even in darkest alleys.

It was a time when everything was alive,
It is even today,
Just that we do it our way,
In different cities and places,
Where we are living,
Ever since we changed destinations.

Mourning in process

I am tired of pleasing you,
Tired of constantly thinking about us,
Tired of telling lies,
Tired of so-called sacrifice.

I am so scared of you,
Yes, scared!
Because you are judgmental,
Because of your disciplined life,
Because you think,
I should dispose-off my emotional side.

Sometimes I pity you,
For being so wise,
For thinking mistakes are like lies,
Impossible to hide in disguise.

I hate you,
For telling me, speak truth,
When I do, you don’t have the guts to accept,
You behave as if I have disappointed you again,
Committed a crime,
Oh! The bonding is lost,
I can see clearly from closed eyes.

So much for the love and care,
All these years,
You think I have changed,
Let’s talk and let me explain,
Before you dismiss me again,
Ridicule my explanations,
And say you will never love me again,
Let’s try to understand,
Before you quietly close the chapters,
Without clearing the air.

Lost Battle

I can’t fight you,
Neither can I predict,
All I can hope is,
Wish for the best,
What I have,
May not be what I wanted,
What I need,
Maybe is what I don’t have,
Maybe my needs were funny,
Maybe my desires were many,
Maybe I had become too greedy,
Maybe I didn't see the reality,
Maybe or may not be,
One thing is clear,
I can’t fight you,
My dear destiny!

Punctured Pauses

My emotions won’t crawl this time,
They will speak,
As they always did,
Silently suffocating your mind,
With the displeasure of old times.

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My eyes won’t sparkle today,
The kohl is no more there,
Tears have washed it away,
When you decided,
Not to look in my eyes again.

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I won’t smile today,
Lips are tired of pretending,
Rather, this time,
Crack a joke, for old times’ sake,
Ask me something you remember,
I will surely smile, though faintly,
For your good memory,
Coz once upon a time,
You had said you don’t remember anything.

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Do you like the silence and the long pauses?
Before you think you have arrived,
A twist in the tale and a few surprises,
Stretched are imaginations,
To the extremes you can’t even imagine,
Delayed are thoughts when words float like clouds,
So annoying is this silence,
Nothing less than punctured pauses.

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