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Day: December 17, 2020

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Generation Gap

Otherwise sober and courteousDuring the last six daysOf my stay in MoscowMy Russian ChauffeurWas late by half an hourVisibly upset and troubledOn inquiry he explainedThe cause for his delayAnd inconsistent behaviorWas his fourteen year old daughterWho contrary to his advice and reprimandWas insistent and defied to go outAnd stay late night partyingWith other adolescents of […]
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Gender Bias

A self proclaimed activistAnd a strong proponent herselfOf gender equalityOnly the other dayWas caughtIn cameraAborting a female foetus. What are the compulsionsOf the woman involvedWell educated herselfHailing from a familyWell to doLeave aside manyWho willy-nilly doAnd for the lady doctorIs this only moneyOr some other motivation too? Like elephantine teethSome for the eatsAnd others for […]
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Freedom of Expression

Every citizen has rightTo freedom of expressionIt should not be curtailedOr denied to any citizenBy a person, organization or state. But a citizen too must realizeThat the freedom comesNot without self-disciplineNot without responsibilityAnd responsibilities are lawfulAs also ethical and moral. While speaking or writingWe should bear in mindAnd must take careWe are not hurtingOr violating […]
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Love, Longing, Loss

Shadows lengthen whispers fadeIn love’s desolate garden now weeds entwineOnce vivid petals crushed, greenery declineYet in twilight’s haze, I map relics and rubble..Heart’s compass needle still stuck on youSpinning wild and weird in a ‘what if’ hue. Moments and memories’ prism refracts lightThe fractured hues narrate heart’s plightHour’s sorcery transforms ache to emberLonging refines to […]
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Desires

The life’s haunting dreams surge like wildfiresShadows whisper and echo unfulfilled desiresA friendship bleeds with love’s unspoken nameIn worldly chorus the cacophony remains same. Friendship whispers labyrinth of memory decaySending echoes of what could’ve been what mayI traverse ruins still untold of what could’ve beenEmitting whispers, what was what might’ve seen. In this twilight’s haze […]
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The Solitude

Solitude’s poignant alchemy –Following love and friendship lostLike autumn leaves to the wind’s whimsy,But haunting like harsh abstract shadowsOf whispers, echoes, or even ghosts unlaid –He found a paradoxical companion and friend. When life’s aspirations crashedCherished dreams left shatteredNone was near to offer succor and solace…Solitude became anchor in the dark phaseA fatal attachment, and […]
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Worlwide

Love, Longing, Loss

Shadows lengthen whispers fadeIn love’s desolate garden now weeds entwineOnce vivid petals crushed, greenery declineYet in twilight’s haze, I map relics and rubble..Heart’s compass needle still stuck on youSpinning wild and weird in a ‘what if’ hue. Moments and memories’ prism refracts lightThe fractured hues narrate heart’s plightHour’s sorcery transforms ache to emberLonging refines to […]
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Desires

The life’s haunting dreams surge like wildfiresShadows whisper and echo unfulfilled desiresA friendship bleeds with love’s unspoken nameIn worldly chorus the cacophony remains same. Friendship whispers labyrinth of memory decaySending echoes of what could’ve been what mayI traverse ruins still untold of what could’ve beenEmitting whispers, what was what might’ve seen. In this twilight’s haze […]
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