Author: Jaya Pillai
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The Truth Never Dies
The Truth Can never lie trapped Within dungeon walls. It seeps silently Through nooks and crevasses To seek eternal light. It never fades away Into oblivion : Nor does it die. It rises, each time it is crushed, Resplendent in the glory of its victory.
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Taking baby steps…
NaPoWriMo 21 A leap perhaps Would have soaked Each moment in that race With a thrill That cuts through the ordinary To etch a golden moment of ecstasy. And yet, I knew that a leap would never do. I needed to fumble Along the broken pathways, Taking baby steps, Losing and winning and losing yet…
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And I wait……
NaPoWriMo 21 April 2 nd Thank you – For letting bits and pieces Of our love Trickle into the vacant spaces Of my heart. I still love you – Like the fading light That clings to the sky at dusk, Awaiting its return From the cool embrace Of the star clad night. I gather the…
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Towards Infinity
And as my boat sets sail From the Heart of Darkness Towards infinity, I pause awhile : A journey from the Known To the Unknown. The sunlight shimmers tremulously And I flinch. Beauty evokes fear at times – Darkness has been too close a friend. A gust of wind Tosses my vessel And the waters…
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A Being Beyond Compare
She rises each day From the foamy sway of fanciful dreams, To fill the moments ahead With the colours she has picked. She flies across the vacant skies, Lifting stars from here and there To light up the dreary spaces That dot the world around. One wonders What the gods may have thought, When they…
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The Soldier's Diary
Poattic #Love Diaries Echoes linger, Of the rattle of guns And the cold winter air Reeks of the stench of war. I sit within this mockery of a haven, On one side of a border etched with The ink of rage . The light is faint And my pen stumbles Across the page With words…
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Zoo Lives
AtoZatPp Z Trapped are our spirits, That yearn to wander Down alleys that lead To eternal joy – Like animals groveling Within cages That are not even theirs. Masters set the time And the race begins, To end When the whistle blows. Trapped are we, As we live other lives And slowly die within. Funerals…
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Yet I Wait..
AtoZatPp Y Toxic hearts Stalk the world. And yet, I wait For love’s nascent hues To float upon A summer cloud And cast a spell Upon a warring world, Torn and bound. Perhaps, It will come – One day, some day, When our eyes begin To love the colours of peace.
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Xanthic Hues
AtoZatPp X Xanthic Hues Each time the view Through my window pane Is splayed with xanthic hues, I pause a while And dust the glass And watch the world light up.
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Winter Thoughts
AtoZatPp W Winter thoughts Bare branches, Bereft and lost, Gaze down at the fallen leaves, In remembrance of a tranquil spring And rains that poured in joy. Partings are the truth – Harsh and real- Like the ones We will have one day In the winter of our lives. Till then, Let us dance in…
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Veni Vidi Vici
AtoZatPp V Veni, vidi, vici ( I came I saw I conquered ) Like a storm unhindered, We swoop down Upon the flowers We love And claim them as our own. It takes a while For us to learn, That conquered flowers Also wilt.
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Unspoken Words
AtoZatPp U Unspoken words Lie buried, Beneath a frozen bed Of emotions. A knife shall carve A gash and let them flow. Or perhaps A poet’s pen.
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Still forever..
AtoZatPp S Still forever, Lies the pen That wove the universe Into my soul. And so I wander Down the alleys You carved Within the pages of your world, Seeking to be A part of you.