Nostalgia Sick Poems

Dr Zafar Asthana,
Nazla zukam purana
Dr Zafar Asthana,
DiL choot ka dewana
Dr Zafar Asthana,
Na Ghar na Ashyana
Dr Zafar Asthana.
(Baad me dekhn GaY)...

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Magic silver key,
fits into my silver shoes.
I was now set free,
I now owned many sidewalks.
My new skates were a big thrill.

 

Date Written: 8/4/2022

2 Place

Childhood...

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If my tears were a river
Would they flow to the sun?
Would they laugh, would they chatter 
And before its course run,
Would they open to an...

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looking frail
in his hospital bed
he smiled at us
his eyes so bright
how we missed the man
he used to be

never understanding
why he’d given up
and landed here
so close...

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Forgotten paths
Untrod valleys
Lonely nights
Quivering hearts
The lonely journey of life
Befriending the pain
Confronted with a brutal truth
The cold heartless stony truth
Pleading with the angel of death
To spare...

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He runs
Shoes barely touch gravel.
His breath
     shallow and fast gasps
     in mouthful gulps of speed and need.
And...

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If I had to recount a range for pure,
If would be womb to birth to sixteen years.
Aglow with vigor on a virgin shore --
Of first-love...

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I was just 11

Alone in my room

It all happened

Right after school 

Not a razor, no 

But a dull knife 

Resting in my hand 

It felt...

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I want to drown my urge to die
I want to kill my pulse inside
I can't breathe, I'm paranoid
Everything in life I avoid

Don't speak to me,...

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As I see him hug
And laugh with his
And I look at her
Sitting on the lap of hers
I missed mine
And I shed a tear 
knowing
That I...

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I had this dream last night and it was perfect 
It was everything I wanted my life to seem
So when I opened my eyes to...

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