Hope and despair
Tattered clothes, with a stitch here and there In Scrunched pigtails are her unkempt hair Flip flops on her feet are a mismatched pair The heat is scorching yet she doesn’t seem to care Among halted vehicles, she scuttles like a hare Knocking on windows, asking for some change spare As I drop some pennies, […]
Maneet Gulati AhujaThat's How it Had to End
Thank you, sweetheart, I whisper my gratitude My lips close to your ears As you lay in a scarlet pool Withering and twisting Like a wayward leaf on an autumn noon . It’s okay, I tell you Pushing the knife deeper Into the guts that dared to annoy me While you gasp for breath Hands […]
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Gratitude
‘Thank you’ is a word, so trivial, Human mind’s ephemeral expression. As the dew drops forget you, mighty Thee, when it meanders into the sea. . Life as a memoir they tend to remember, cry over misfortune, ‘Karma’ they wonder. Gratitude for blessings are overrated Oh Lord ! Your human is so demented. . As […]
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