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20/12/2020

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24/10/2020

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02/09/2020

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Haiku on "lighter"

29/08/2020

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Haiku prompt- Heat

04/08/2020

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Haiku on 'Aspiration'

06/07/2020

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Haiku on "running".

29/06/2020

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Build a Door

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The sky is bleeding red today

Being vulnerable

Among the nature and people

So subtle

They hardly seem to notice.

The inevitable departure of sun

Hurts a lot today.

The mountains seem to comfort her

So she hides them in her shadow.

Afraid they'll abandon her

Afraid they'll tell her story

To the whole world.

Past finds no escape

When we feel it's behind us

Nature brings back its memories.

Sitting there

I glanced through my past

A past where I stood tall

Infront of the world

Smiling every moment

And helping people.

A past with

No one by my side

To see me vulnerable

To encourage me

To fight for one more day.

Surrounded by people

I felt no one noticed

My true self.

Looking back, I realize

They didn't notice

Because I kept waiting

For a single person

To pick me up

Despite being surrounded by people.

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Prompt- "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door"- Milton Berle

24/06/2020

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A haiku on "change"

22/06/2020

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A three stanza haiku based on "Break Away"

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21/06/2020

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I Rebel

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The last knight of the night is asleep

But my eyes are wide open

Trained to be calm on surface

Suppressing demons inside

Who are praying

For the rain of my tears.

The window pane is open

For the pain to sneak in.

An unfinished poem on the windowsill

Calling me

But my thoughts just don't translate.

Each day is a hustle

A battle between

Giving up

And holding onto life

Expecting a miracle

Expecting everything to change.

Each day is a battle between

Managing people

And managing myself.

Each day is about

Managing a battered smile

Even when the soul is bruised.

Everything fades

And on a night like this

When I'm alone

I'm faced with a tempting choice:

To give in to my demons

Or to suffocate them.

On a night like this

I'm tempted to succumb

Let the world know

I'm vulnerable and gather pity

Let my tears rain

Bring forth a flood.

On a night like this

I decide to rebel

Knowing that the sun will rise

The pain will sneak out

And I'll exist

For another night like this.

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"I rebel; therefore, I exist."- Albert Camus

10/06/2020

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Haiku prompt- Glass

08/06/2020

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A random haiku

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06/06/2020

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I Haunt My Past

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I've heard people say

That life's an equaliser

That happiness doesn't last

It's just a mere period of time

Taken by nature

To design one's

Unique note of sadness.

And its memories

The only sunlight

One can bask under

During the testing times.

Full of joy

Untouched yet by grief

I wandered alone

Never cared to get close to people

Felt I had my pieces intact.

So when grief wrecked

The harbour of happiness

I found myself alone

Happiness inside me

Filtered with grief.

Grief and happiness

Have a thing in common-

Their excess

Pushes people away.

People associate winters

With sadness

Maybe it's because of longer nights

And that their memories

Haunt them.

My memories pull me back

To reality.

They make me realise that

My life's not a dramatic fiction

With a single emotion

Running through the story.

I feel

My past is haunted by me.

I'm cold and it's warm

And it has trouble sleeping

Lying on the bed

Staring at the door

Afraid I'll walk in

Take away its warmth

And replace it

With cold grief.

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Prompt- "The past does not haunt us, we haunt the past" -Augusten Burroughs

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27/05/2020

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Haiku prompt- Horoscope

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25/05/2020

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Haiku prompt- Clouded

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23/05/2020

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A Way Through

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Walking

Hands in my pocket

Trying to be care-free

Measuring the nature's vastness

Trying to be friends with

The running water

Who's adamant on proving

Her innocence

Despite making her way

Through the mountains.

The dusky sun falling on my face

Repenting its lost noontime glory

Casting a long shadow

Alarming people about my arrival.

Memories take me back

Back to the days of fame

Back to the days of being popular

Back to the days of being on top

Back to the days of loneliness

While being surrounded by people.

Fake smiles

Meaning business

Each smile

Burning a bit of soul

The ashes

Tantalizing more loneliness.

I found a way out

Drifted aloof

But never alone now

Considered nature my friend.

But nature brings back memories

And suddenly

I'm back where I left.

Nature's a realistic friend

Telling me there's no escape

With its light

Guiding me to my past

Asking me to face it

Assuring me there's always

A way through.

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Prompt- "The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

-s.s.

20/05/2020

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