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Me and My Love

Its precarious, what we have
On scales, I perform a balancing act
Desperate to trust blindly,
Wishing I could be so brave as to throw my heart on line
I can’t, practicality is my curse
I once cursed love, and romance shall not be the death of me
But I wish it were
Once, I was crazy about that other, then another
Oh love, why is it easy for me to be ready to throw myself for one who’s not you
Are you sitting by the window, thinking these thoughts
Are we in love, or are we playing a dreadful game
Psychological power struggle, is that what this is?
War, or love, all I know, this isn’t fair
To me, or to you, being in this pink daze
Some days, I’m so sure I’m in love
Its conditional, I think
I want to love you, I’m just scared

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Mindless Accusation

Your words, harsh and cold
Muttered in a gust of irritation 
Perhaps brought on by the bug in your stomach
A plausible reason, of course
Ain't it always the way,
The perfectionist you placed on the pedestal yourself
Now she's grown all over, breaking out of that box on the pedestal
It is a grotesque sight,
pink and plastic, dusty disgusting pink
Looking like expired candy confections, flies buzzing all around the sweet stench
You may want to turn your gaze away from this ghastly sight
And yet she hums desperately in the wind
Grasping thin air for any sort of support from your hand
The thread binding the two of you seems to have grown thinner somewhere 
Frayed ends that can never break apart
Such is the relation between parent and child
Time and time again, the same story comes and goes
Nobody learns a damn thing
And in such gloom, a child is born somewhere 
An old person dies somewhere else
I'm not the same boxed in princess, father
You refuse to see me for who I am
I understand that, but I have bent out of the box
You may find fault at random moments
You may claim to have superior ability in handling crises 
You may view me as incapable for the world
It does not matter to me, I see through your defences
And I accept you, albeit with a twinge of annoyance
Your accusations imprinted into my heart, 
my brain chooses to forget and move on

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A Daughter's Thank You

Always subject to my teenager whims and complaints
Subject to my harsh words so casually thrown,
At blame for things for things you truly couldn't help
I say I can't express my emotions to you
But it is only half true,
the blame not actually on you
My perception of myself as a protective wall,
you merely a net to trust if I crumble
In fact, you're the wall 
Some cracks you were unable to fix in time
Yet you stuff it with shards of glass,
trying your best to protect me,
at least from the heat accompanying the light that squishes its way through
I have not yet said a simple thank you
I know not why gratefulness arrives with a companion in the form of shame
Yet in the same coach of these two passengers, 
my heart welled in gratitude when you declared your dream
The dream, so simply spoken, that I succeed in whatever I desire
And that you never force your desires onto mine
Just that you serve as a force so I may stand tall
I wished I hugged you then, said a sweet thank you and a love you
Instead of doing that in the kitchen
I write this in my room
Just a simple note
"Thank you dad."

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Spectacles

Blinking dazedly, she drifts through the roads
Sometimes a light sparkles and then it fades
Her eyes view the world 
Like an astigmatic sees the lights on the street
What does she want?
The clear young girl lost her sight.
Clarity moved away for hazy views.
A prescription so dearly needed.
Hospital ques seem endless.
The ultimate view seems forever beyond her grasp
And thus she loses her balance.
Arms flailing to catch on and feel,
She wonders if this is all her life would be.

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Greatness

Stranded on the highway
my heart beat slightly faster
I had a destination to reach
Suddenly, everything seemed uncertain
What would become of me, where would my feet go,
now that I had been pushed off the yellow auto that I was safe in
How similar it is,
to the sight of a man standing alone on the cliff side
as the sea hit harshly against the rocks
Nobody expects a few droplets of water
to defeat the sturdy rock
But still it does so
The rock breaks into fragments 
and ends in a mushy concoction of mud and stone
Water that percolates in between,
seems to mock it as the memory of its great past
flickers into non existence
Such is the story of great civilisations too
Would I end like that?
I ask to myself
I'm still at the beginning of my life
I wonder anxiously, is the best over yet?
Or am I still a small drop of rain, on my way to become a sea?
Not a part of the sea, that is too pathetic for me
I dream of valour and greatness
I can only hope to achieve them someday

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Class of Strangers

I was in a class of strangers
New people, from a different world
I grinned and waved at them, 
I never felt as though I waved to them
Beside me, love seemed to be blooming
Subtle gestures of it, through computer screens
Such was that computer lesson
I peeked through the glass wall
My side gleamed of aura and white gold beauty
Theirs seemed a little crass and steel like
Different, I was suddenly the anomaly
How very different from the usual routines of life
I didn't feel bad, I think I was somewhat glad
My side was seemingly smoother
A comforting distance
Neither side trying to meet each other,
We were each content in our own side,
glass boundary prevalent but ignored

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Suffocation

The clouds hang low, thick and dark
It reminds me of the suffocation I feel here
It is supposed to be my home, the secure native place
Drop me off in a corner here, and I should be able to navigate back
I suppose the land is lovely
Petrichor and sweltering heat plays portrait paint
Deathly beauty, stifling beauty
Rules I do not want to abide by
Opinions I’d like to fling across a hill, far from me
I can’t appreciate the people here
Old, not crippled, stuck in their ridiculous gilded cage
A cage called society
I pity them, a world lost all of a sudden
They crave a sense of authority
I wonder why it is that talking to the old I do not love,
Is more fun than talking to those I do love
I wish to return to my home
Filled with the thrums of teen spirit, 
Of a lack of judgment, fun and life
The old think we do not experience things anymore
That is not true
We do, we make long lasting friendships, we go on walks
Yes, technology has seeped into our lives
But I am sure, many of us still enjoy versions of life they enjoyed, albeit on a screen
Chess? We get in on a screen, do we not? We can play beyond the people we know
We get to talk to so many more people, learn of different countries
We are fortunate, thanks to them, but the thanks seems to stop there
I don’t wish for you to dictate my clothes, my opinions and my behaviour
You do not have that right, 
I do not scream it at your face, because courtesy is something the youth has
I wish to go back, it is too thick with boiling hot air here

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Lost Love

I think of you day in and day out
You’re in the music I hear, the books I read
Oh love, you’ve imprinted your soul on mine
I’ve been a bad person, trying to swish life up
Trying to fall for another, try, try, try, 
With all my might, I wished I could will it
But you’re there all along, refusing to leave my heart
You’re miles away, never thinking of me, forgetting me
I pine for you in vain,
I cut the string that tied us, hence it is only right I suffer
I regret it, the childish mistakes of a first love
If only I got to see you, to rectify, to love you truly
A chance, and I’d grab it with both hands
I know you probably think of me with distaste
A dreg in the now finished tea, a bad tea at that
I miss you terribly, I just want you with me
Perhaps, it is not forever, but if that moment ever arrives,
I know I’ll cherish that moment forever