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She was here and then she wasn't

She was here for us everyday

But we forgot to ask

What she was running from


We forgot that she was human too

Not just our shoulder to cry or

Or our therapist to rely on

We forgot she needed us too


We didn't notice her

When she cried behind her perfect smile 

And eyes that showed no pain

We didn't notice her

Till she became a memory to be buried within.


And we didn't reply in time

And then came a day

When she wasn't present 

To make it all okay 

She was already running 

Away 


She wanted to change the world

Do a little good in her life

But it took her away instead

And the goodness I took for granted 

Left


She gave away all her love

Left herself none 

And when she wanted help 

People ignored her signs

And called her funny instead.


She wanted only a hand to hold

For somebody to grab her

When she plunged into the water below

Somebody to whisper

"Don't worry

I am going to be with you forever."

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026


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Fate,Destiny and the Glass Half Full

"It's half full
No it's half empty"
Bonding over something so bleak
Subtle insanity

"You're too idealistic"
"No it's you who's pessimistic"
"When did I fall for
Such a cute narcissist?"
"Watch and see
I'll soon make you choose
Between the world and me "

"That will be easy
If the world was burning 
I would leave ourselves be
Maybe at the end
The flames will thaw your coldness
And let you be free"

But some choices can't be made 
Because the people left a little too early 
Fate had other plans


Maybe after all
The world was too afraid to see
What happens when 
It is the union of wind and sea

Destiny had to intervene.
Chaos was avoided 
For now, at least 
It tore them apart
But didn't fix their broken hearts
It cut open their souls
Just so the world could remain whole 

The two extremes 
a slow moving breeze
And a tornado that screamed ...

"Don't enter"
"Please let me in"
"You're just temporary"
"No, I am here to be your permanent" 

"When I die"
"Don't talk about that "
"Don't lock yourself away"
"You are going to stay "
"Just wait for me"
"You are not going away"
"In your better place"
"No I won't wait
Take me with you
To 'our' better place"


Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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The ache that follows

The pen is harder to hold now
My head yearns to be slammed into a wall
Maybe then I will finally feel pain
Other than the emptiness 
Swallowing me whole 

The way I feel God isn't really on my side
abandoned, alone
Like a person damned to be astray 
Do I deserve this
Can I feel something else 
Other than pity , lost hopes and regret .

I work hard
For years
Yet you all take it away
And I am alone
To deal with the part of me
Which is now gone

It breaks my heart 
Leaves it to rot in the core

I can't do this anymore
Being the best and still getting ignored
I can't lie to my own face
"Maybe this was destiny"
No 
This was fate making a fickle face

It is so easy
Being happy for yourself when the hard work pays off 
What about the rest of us
We try and try
Never to conquer 
And the desolation and torment 
Don't leave us alone
Even in our dreams, dear.


Now at the end 
I am back to square one
Do I start again
And wait for destiny
To play a new cruel game

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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Poets and Artists

It's madness sometimes 
And maybe regret 
It's soothing and calm
Sometimes 
It's days since they last slept

You can escape from anything in this world 
But not from your thoughts 
You can't escape from your mind
It's prison 
Coated as something divine.
So the inkpot is never idle
And the canvas never white
It's one thing after another
We are never proud
Art could always be better

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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Was there really enough?

I am oversaturated with a single emotion
When in truth I  really had none 
To begin with

Do I really know what is love
Or am I just blinded
To have someone 
With only me to think of 

Is timeless devotion what I feel
Or "unsought" adoration ?
Do you feel the same
Or was it just me all along?

Should I scream from the pain
You tore me up
Piece by piece
Left me on my own to collect them

And the pathways of my mind
Are forever scratched with your name
Is it really love
Have I turned blind from your pain?


Do I really mean something 
Have you thought about our  future
Or was it just me
All along
Daring to dream of us together 
Should I feel wrong?

You made me heart feel like it's back home
You  condemned my soul
To feel what it's like to be known
And at the end
You left all of it alone 

Is it okay to feel shaken
Okay to feel wronged?

I'm not really questioning us
I'm just asking
Was there really enough of us
To actually begin?

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026


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Empty without You and okay?

Because someday when I have it all
Everything that I dreamed of
I will still think about you (and us?)
About everything that could have been
When I chose to walk away 
From a future we could have made.

Sometimes our best decisions become our lifelong regrets
That one other way,  the other outcome
We can only wonder in thoughts 
About a world that could have been
Had we chosen to hold that hand
And instead of splitting apart 
Remained a team.

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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Our Stars Don't Align

I thought you loved me
Even after you broke my hope in a thousand pieces 
And left me on my own to collect them
I thought you cared
You were the quietness i sought in the mayhem

You were the will to keep me going
The path I was confident of 
The only person
Who could see right through these walls
A different side of me
Which even I didn't know at all

All those nights we spent admiring the moon
When really I was admiring you
I felt so lucky 
Even if I didn't care about myself 
I cared about you
(And maybe I will always do.)

Why do I wreck my life for someone like you
Even after you break me again and again
Why do I still trust you
Why do I love you even after the pain

Why did you enter my life
Why did you even pretend to care
Why did you become my weakness
Whenever you were far,I craved you near


I need an answer 
Not a hanging reply
I need to know how much I mean to you
Somebody you love
Or just use to get by

Why was I so foolish
Why did I try...

Just give me back my heart that left with you
I am not asking you to stay
What else did you take...
My soul 
Which was never mine anyway

What about the chapter I wanted to write with you
The home I wanted 
To always be by your side
It's crazy really
When I never trusted anyone
With you it felt just right.

You were again in my dreams
I don't know if I was happy to see you again
Or sad because even after all this
You are the only place where my heart still felt at ease

Maybe I threw away my walls a little too far
Believing i deserved a try
Now I don't know how to build them again
I don't know if it's your fault 
Or maybe just mine

What we had was beautiful 
A work of art
But you tore apart the canvas
The broken pieces gash deeper than shards
They cut me apart

You moved on
But why are you still here

Why do you get a place in my heart
When I don't get one in your life 

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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Dear Anxiety

Dear anxiety

You have been getting to me in the past few days
Can you leave now?
My head hurts too much
My body refuses to move
My mind is paralyzed from the weight
It is making me suffocate

It's too much now
The pills are finished 
The feeling of disappointment leaves marks.
How deep? Uncertain?

I wonder about the way I should die
I hate hanging, I might go with the knives.

It's okay
Nobody will even notice that I'm gone
My presence won't stick
It will slough and shred
Even in your memory 
I will be discarded

My legs feel stiff from running too much
Bandages mangled with the scars hidden
Nothing is wrong with me
Just an empty mind 
And a body feeling like prison

Tear me apart
Piece by piece 
Spill them on the floor
Then step on me

Crush me a little more

What do I do
Wait for a miracle
Or just watch myself crumble

Maybe neither
Already the knife is stained red
The blood is free 
Blissfully happy to fall.

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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I tried?

Things haven't gone my way
I put two years in the mix
But luck wasnt on my side they say
There is now too much to fix

Too many lost expecatations
"Just a disappointment"
Starting over
was not my intent

It hurts 
More than anything
Looking at all of them
Succeding
And still pretending
To smile happily at everything

How do I make out 
A silver lining in this cloud
It has swallowed me whole
I want to scream
There's nobody to hear

Empty chaos runs inside me
The volcano is ready to erupt
I can't control it
An awaited catastrophy

My face wants to break
Into a thousand pieces
My wrists want to bleed
Save me for the stichtes

I have pulled out all my hairs
My head is swollen
Slammed into a wall
Outside a smiling face
Inside a broken doll

I can't do it
I don't deserve happiness
I am happy with regret.

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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Undying Love?

Would you shed a tear 
Or just live like everyday 
If it is tomorrow 
That God takes me away
To his kingdom in the clouds
Would you watch me there, as I float about?

Copyright © Manasvi Sharma | Year Posted 2026

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