Poetry

By Arunya Sakthi The road is a dead end. Silent sighs and rambling nights, The desire oblivious. Oblivious denial pricks. The pinch... of salt that grows into a mountain, And the mountains come crashing down. The eyes well up with the Oblivion. The name doesn't take the shape of letters. Scared. Of desire? Of denial. Clinging onto the butterfly of Pandora's box, The boulder rolls down. Silent sighs and rambling nights, The dead end tells its dead end fate itself. Eve

By Garima Joshi मुझे डर लगता है रात में बाहर निकलने से अकेले कमरे में सन्नाटे से इत्र लगाकर पार्टी में जाने से रात को बेझिझक सड़कों पर नाचने से। मन करता है मेरा भी जाऊँ दूर कहीं पहाड़ियों पर जाऊँ कहीं जहाँ कोई न ढूँढ़ने आए जहाँ रेगिस्तान पहाड़ से मिल जाए। समुद्र की गहराइयाँ मुझे अक्सर पुकारा करती हैं अपने नमकीन पानी में मिठास ढूँढ़ने को कहती हैं पर मैं क्या करूँ? सोचती हूँ ये सारी बंदिशें तोड़ दूँ भाग जाऊँ दूर किसी कोने में उन वादियों के बीच जो मुझे पुकारती है जिसकी हवा के सु

By Sayesha Atolia In the depths of the ocean the mystical blue pools of ripples a mystery lurks below Scales so radiant they blind the sea the waves that sparkle behold a speck of beauty they wish to see They crackle with energy crashing against each other The bubbles that pool are a flicker of the haunting, beautiful figure it hides I row my boat atop the unknown layers The shades of blue are calling to me they’re mystical and dazzling maybe they will understand a part of me

By Sayesha Atolia Maybe I live inside myself, yet starved of me, A spectrum, distraught, shattered, split, specks of flaws reflecting back, from plains where peace should dwell. The curve hides its point, I look behind and stumble, step forward and fall, Still I remain in place, while the clock ticks on its hands relentless But mine? motionless. Lines etched in them, soiled, with failure with hate, There is beauty everywhere I look but not in the diminished soul that glares f

By Sayesha Atolia Why do we burn so fiercely, if the light we believe stems from us is a mere spark, a figment of comfort? The stars that conquer dark nights are specs of beauty, yet they do not shine for themselves. They burn because of the scorn of the sun, the very heat that looms as danger, sparking them into reluctant light. We love. We weep. We bleed. For what? A fleeting brilliance, never ours to claim. The shimmer within us is nothing but volcanoes, sulphur boiling in

By Sayesha Atolia I want to be stained in ink, To drown in the pool of blue l, Devoid of blood my exhausted eyes, Stare at what is splattered on paper. Yet within these lifeless Orbs, A flicker of satisfaction lingers, Maybe in despair there is joy, In suffering, life. My trembling hands release their pain, I chase an endless dream, No boundaries no destination, The Journey in itself is a celebration. My feet are glued in the constant loop, Is this a hidden blessing which

By Sayesha Atolia O silent field, bearer of human sorrow, Witness of valor turned to dust I call upon your stillness to speak. The cries are gone. The silent field stares with bodies upon bodies. The scent of iron is unnerving, filling the air that once was burning with life, with breaths, with faces that were formed now tainted with all that can be made of the word deformed. The piles of sand are slumped with liquid, that once pumped for survival, now dumped atop as remembra

By Kuru I've seen things I can't explain Hope to despair A 20 sec of game Hall of fame Claim your name People lose everything If that one opportunity Is left unclaimed Then they wonder who to blame As if it was others Who stepped up on them Well they did But in secret Hid well in their skin Throwing big traps From behind the scenes Coming clean chit No shit Left like a loser Crying now is bullshit By Kuru

By Kuru Just look through the facade The sadness of the happy eyes That cried tears unshed from countless nights For the umpteen time Look how dull they are As they crinkle with shine And you'll know the story behind By Kuru

By Kuru His siren eyes captured me so bad, Lies, lies, lies was all he said. Deeper, deeper and deeper, I fell. The words comin' out his lips Were too true to be bad. Does it matter? How, what has happened now? With my broken soul I'm laying down On the couch We bought for our apartment This new year, around. Why did all that we had, Have to be fake? Those smiles he passed Silly jokes he cracked Empty without him? No, not at all. But I've been wonderin' Up until now. What if

By Kuru It tickles when you smile Against my cheeks Subtle soft brush Barely touched my skin I hated it at first Felt it bringing disgust But on you my love It shines A Lil cheery On whipped Like I am Can I call you mine? There's this stigma on my chest I know I'm not the best Something you can't relate to Show your love For things before it's all gone Like the stubble now gone I swear it had me in awe Cause it tickled When you smiled against my cheeks Against my skin By Ku

By Kuru You're so small, I wanna protect you. But by each passing second, Slipping through my fingers— Is what you ache for. By Kuru

By Kuru Can't be happy Nor be sad Don't know just about where I stand Sometimes I'm normal And the other broken Most of me feels like nothing But bipolar They took me apart Piece by piece Well it's good As now it's easier to squeeze In 'n' out Of numerous commotions In a smooth motion Although it's now difficult to breathe By Kuru

By Kuru "You're filled with negativity", She said. I paused. The clash of dishes, Scrapes of the forks, Against the plates Filled the air. And I asked, "Who's fault is that?" Silence With a bittersweet smile, I focused back on my plate. 'Exactly', My heart said. By Kuru

By Brianna G Shullai Let me to thy charge, As water in relent to succumb. For this my love attestable, And finite thought of heavenly liken, as all but none. On truth, its transparency transcends; Lest the impediment. In mastery, the naught foreplays as deceit, As if pleasure a fleeting despair in word. Mankind in oblivion by device, Holds image over prior until – Blood taints the fairest creature Prevailed in of nearest day, then! As surely Every knee bowed, each tongue i

By Shubhangi Godse You never knew me, just another shadow in your light. and now you’re gone. Are you looking at me, from wherever you are? You did well. You gave me life when I was barely holding on, a flicker between nights. You were the autumn leaf vanishing into winter. I would have disappeared too, lost in the cold. But you changed everything, your drops of light faded my darkness, and now, even though you’re gone, your star still burns in me. A light that will guide me

By Shubhangi Godse Just because I don’t speak of it doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten. Every word, every pause, every smirk, every sham — I remember it all. I carry it in my chest, like a stone that won’t settle, a breath I can’t release. The weight of your disregard presses down, slowly choking me, tightening around my throat, until I can hardly breathe. I keep it buried, shoved deep in the quiet places, because I’ve been taught that silence is safer, that I’m supposed to hold it

By Shubhangi Godse I feel it too, the cold that holds us still, as if time itself has stopped too. Your words linger like Perfume, but are they for me, or just for the moon, the way you say them, soft as a secret shared. Your gaze pulls me under, like a quiet sea, and for a moment, I let myself drift. I lose myself in your voice, as if it holds the answers to everything I’ve been asking, even when I’m too afraid to know. The way you smile, I wonder if you know How my world sh

By Shubhangi Godse The stars in my eyes poured out into night, and I whispered to myself — it will be alright. So what if the night never ends here? At least no one will know if I disappeared. Maybe then, I’ll find myself — right there, where silence hums like prayer. If I burn within this pain, will my fragile light brighten up this endless skies? Can you feel my warmth across the dark, hear my silent core beneath the soundless spark? I will travel lightyears to reach you —

By Ms. Divya Sanjay Satpute Did I laugh at your jokes a little too hard? Did I quickly put forward all of my cards? Was I too obvious? Blind folded to read the label cautious, for me you were so precious. Thing between us could be glorious but my messages were all neglected, I feel rejected. What did I do wrong? I’m still waiting for an explanation, counting on you to say I’m sorry girl you’re my whole world. I was super busy, staying away wasn’t easy. I want to give you ev