Author: Nitika Sawhney
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Further!
Further I want to move Like a caterpillar Bumping and jumping With no ifs, no rather A moment I await, of bliss In any form How it’d come, I’m unaware of bygone happiness norms! . Come O’, Moment of bliss And clutch me tight Then release me in the Midst of an arid desert wide…
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Need I be a Woman?
Need I be a Woman to live life Must I shun my dreams and call it sacrifice? The conversations with them and you Will they ever turn real Till when should I try to fit-in and hide my mixed-up ordeal? In thoughts, in actions, I still befit the girly shoes Often times also a grown…
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Spellbound!
A dozen emotions, unseen Hundred voices, unheard Trapped within a shell, lying beneath Untouched by wanderers around! . Swiftly passing by, the many men Caress the beauty of shells, easily spotted My parallels they are Sooth their outsides clean Empty the water-drops inside and blow the trumpet in style that unearths every secret, living in…
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The Road
The banter at places The criss cross happening around Nothing seems to stop Men and women, where wilfully flock! . There’s music in every move On the road The road that travels us places And inhabits in it Dozens of lives Few happy and few with crevices And few just plain, no one notices! .…
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Hot-air Balloon
Let’s get into the groove Fly high in a hot air balloon that flies only in the vast sky and if the balloon’s rope gets untied from the ground You’d be left alone in the air with few unknown men and now you all, tackle together an unforeseen circumstance just like you would’ve tackled with…
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Midnight Dream
That midnight dream that wakes you And you realize that something’s gone Or something’s happened that you Failed to realise Failed to live in time For you were too occupied In duties To survive the next day Which was always unpredictable Of how it would be And whether it would exist For you or not …
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Breathe
A different me I saw in me, like literally The uniqueness in us, though widely known For me but, it was something unknown Trying to decipher my dissimilarities I grew up imbibing your similarities A smile here, a shout there Absorbed a lot to show-off my flair To be counted among the accepted men I…
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Walk on the Shore
Would I find a place in you Would you call me among those few Am I sitting in a corner of your heart Or am I lost there, like a forgotten scar Thinking of you, I feel fresh like dew Crossed with thoughts of sipping brew Being caressed in your arms’ warmth I see dreams…
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Little House
That little house Was it always empty, unoccupied? the broken walls un-mended trees outgrowing walls and seeping inside, like a no man’s land How the thunder and fierce rains fell its sheds and the dripping water collected in left-out corners and self-made pits At the sun’s rising, the cows approaching and waiting to feed on…
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Lullaby
Is it a lullaby that the nature is singing? Rejuvenating my senses The tranquility is getting hold of my soul The calm all around, even as birds chirp and butterflies dance The peace doesn’t set in here; it’s always like this Serene and indescribable Putting me to slumber during broad daylight! . The feeling is…