Poetry

By Chitransh Sinha जोहऱ, ये जो अंधकार को तुमने अपने नूर से रोशन किया है ये जो शीरीं जैसी बोली है तुम्हारी ये जो चश्म-ए-जानबाज़ है तुम्हारी ये जो मेरे ज़र्रा-ज़र्रा को अपने जुनून से भर दिया है तुमने ये जो मेरी आजकल आरज़ू उठी है तुम्हें नूर-ए-जान कहनी की ये जो तुम्हारा हुस्न किसी हूर से भी ज़्यादा है ये जो मेरी तन्हाई की एक सुकून सी बनी हो आजकल ये जो मेरी फ़ज्र की आफ़ताब और शबनम की माह बनी हो जब तुम सुबह उठती होगी तो तुम्हारे चारों ओर गुल-ए-सर्ख हुआ करते होंगे ये जो ग़ज़ल मैंने

By Malyatha Sadagopan Literary Devices - so hard to learn, It just sails over my head,  So if you can’t remember them,  Use this trick instead:      Let’s start off strong,  Here’s   Oxymoron ,  Contradictory terms side by side,  To one meaning they are tied; Hey! You ate a whole piece  of pie, You can’t say a truthful lie , Good grief!  You’re too much to deal, I don’t want a Secret Reveal!  Alright, what’s next? Let’s see, Yay! It’s Hyperbole! When you like to stretch thing

By Sarthak Sahay It’s like gravity. I feel it every now and then. Gravity pulls me to ground. It’s you to whom my heart is bound. You are an achievement; Or a boon What I wish is to achieve you soon. You are the reason for me to sing. Just like wind beneath my wing. In life when all lights are deem: You are the dream That my eyes could see. My love for you is beyond the sea. Such a feeling I could not suppress. You can fuel my frustration into success. It’s an impulse. I feel

By Sarthak Sahay It's a charge. It's an affinity.  Or a shine of divinity. That's fixed for eternity. It's a wave, a blazing glow. That I see in your eyes. Seeing you, I see the sunrise. My life enlightens and all anger dies. The sky is blue but I see you. My happiness I find in you. Light beneath my spark, ya it's you. My source of inspiration lies in you. You define beauty with brains. Responsible to take away all my pains. Dream is to have you in the pleasant rains. With y

By Sarthak Sahay It's your inertia  That holds me tight,  And doesn't let me fall- In the moments I fright. They call it infatuation. But there's some connection. I think it's our affection. Ain't a mere coincidence is our equation. With you I see near to me is my destination. Although it's an unsaid relation, But just advice of yours is my every problem's solution. You  made me slack the rope of depression.   And hence zero became the tension. By Sarthak Sahay

By Sarthak Sahay कैसे लड़खड़ा जाऊं, कैसे हार मान जाऊं। कर्तव्य पथ के इस डगर पर, जीवन का है जो अहम प्रहर। माना की अवसर अनंत नहीं, पर ये मेरा अंत नहीं। अभी तो है शुरुआत,  भले मिली है काली अंधेरी रात। पर असीम प्रकाश लाना होगा, खुद को उस काबिल बनाना होगा। माना की अवसर अनंत नहीं, पर ये मेरा अंत नहीं। पराजय मिली है तो स्वीकार करूंगा।  प्रयास से अधूरे सपनों को साकार करूंगा। अटल विश्वास के साथ अंत तक लडूंगा। संपूर्ण निष्ठा के साथ अपना कर्म करूंगा। माना की अवसर अनंत नहीं, पर ये मेरा अ

By Sarthak Sahay It's your buoyancy  That doesn't let me sink, In the fluid of despair. It's all about your care. Even little but some love is there. Too shy to say; But want you to stay. Like a rainbow in my cloud. As eyes search for you in any crowd. Seeing you, smile I found. Above all love knows no bound. You are always right, I know. Always there in my sight, you know. By Sarthak Sahay

By Sarthak Sahay Not together not apart; Feelings still ignited in the heart . My happiness resides in you.  But you’ve not a single clue- Of my love or my view. You are my charm. You are my peace. I see in you my eternal bliss. With you on my side- Fear has no place to abide. Seeing your smile just makes my day And the sun rises in my heart’s bay. Eyes of yours have no way out. You are my sunshine, there’s no doubt. It’s your love to fill my soul. You’re extracting diamond f

By Sarthak Sahay If I could say it in words Why would I write poems? If there's a place where we're together  Why would I even wish to bother? If I could always see you  Why would I even need a beautiful view? If the dreams aren't shattered till  Why would I even drop my will? If there's still a single ray of hope Why would I even stress the twisted rope? If I could bring you a perpetual glow  Why would I even let my winds of love blow? And if I could bring you a smile  Why w

By Sarthak Sahay Life isn’t a rom-com maybe   But what’s common I could see. Let it be the way you want it to  Everything is planned, what to do.   Ain’t shattered is my heart   Even not my feelings are hurt.  This I know it’s never too late  It’s just about patience to wait.    And whenever I look into your eyes  They propose a shine of sunrise.  So nothing I could see after you  Driving force to pursue lies in you.    In the midst of hell   I’ve found my heaven.  Just like

By Sarthak Sahay Like sunrise do welcome the sunset. Life is not about being stuck and regret. We just have to sing it as a duet. Yes! You made me a poet. Friendship is the best. With you I feel better   I feel blessed;  As you're better than the best. You're around and every moment feels infinite.   Smile arises at the glimpse of your single sight.   Are you the pole star or my guiding light?  'Cause you pave my every way right. Can't handle the absence of your presence. Qui

By Sarthak Sahay From stress to smile From DMs to dial You were the perfect one as a friend  Rather say the only one as a friend  An eye for an eye makes the world blind  And brings that serenity back in mind  Twists and turns do come and go But there was a promise to never feel low To be with you is poetic You sound like my kind of music  Life's trajectory revolves around you  If life was a movie the best part is you. It is as it was meant to be But I can't find you standing

By Vanshi Desai Love and wrath were of the same colour. The same deep red. Like a rose. I suppose that's why I mistook your anger for affection And when I saw the blood drip, I foolishly thought it was your overflowing love  And not a river of violence. I suppose that's why the sirens going off in my head sounded like violins And the crimson on my lips wasn't lipstick By Vanshi Desai

By Vanshi Desai “If I ask you for a secret, do you promise not to lie like you always do?” “I won’t lie.” “Did you ever like me?” “That’s a dumb question. Obviously, I loved you like it was breathing. I loved your boyish smiles and the way your eyes lit up when you talked about something you loved. I loved the slope of your neck and the mole on your upper lip. I loved it when you only considered my opinions on important things, and I loved it when you said my name in that dee

By Vanshi Desai A streetlight flickers outside my window. Muffled dog barks are heard. A car honks in the distance. Thunderous raindrops drench the sidewalks. A clock ticks above me. I sit here in a cold, dark corner In a house, I'm not sure I could call my home. Invisible hands wrap around my throat, Heartbeat ringing through my ears, Tightness in my chest, Hands shaking As my cries reverberate around the room,   Suffocated as I try to navigate through the labyrinth of my mi

By Vanshi Desai I locked eyes with him Across the ballroom. Dancing in the arms of some bloke Who I knew made him fume. It was one of the games we played, This one was called "Who got more jealous?" He played along, dancing with a woman he didn't seem interested in But I didn't call his bluff. It was a game we played but neither of us lost. The music changed and so did the partners. I landed in his arms, a man I despised the most. He locked eyes with mine with a taunting smir

By Vanshi Desai You said you’ve never been written about But darling, open my heart and look around. Everyone who knows me knows your name And oh god, I bet my diary finds me so cheesy and lame. You said you've never been written about But I could write a book alone on how you sound. You’ve clearly never read the poems I’ve written longingly. They’d make you realize just how many times you’ve been immortalized by me. You said you’ve never been written about But I hope this po

By Vanshi Desai I slide across him in the dimly lit booth of our local jazz bar And I cannot help but make an (although asinine) remark The lanterns accentuate the contours of his face And every nerve ending in my body is set ablaze Because look at him, laughing and sharing his contrarian insights Sitting there and looking like a poem I have always wanted to write “Dance with me?” he nudges my shoe It’s a silly question, because I’d follow him into oblivion   if he asked me t

By Vanshi Desai       Why this would never work: Here’s the thing. He is a self-destructive enigma. He tastes like bad decisions and misfortune, and he looks like a sin waiting to be drafted up. He gets drunk on late summer nights, and the theatre lights go out, but he never stops performing. The fight is over, but he never lets go of the gun. And despite all of this, you love him. Him and his cocky smile, the golden hallow of his voice and the blue storms that rage in his ey

By Vanshi Desai I like the way you pronounce every syllable of my name. Teasing. Testing. And the way you pour too much creamer and too little sugar in your coffee. You organize every comic from most to least favourite and you use fancy words and over justify yourself, all defensive, as though you cannot stand being misunderstood. Being around you makes me feel breathless, like I’ve run a marathon and I cannot stand the fact that you’ve carved your name into my ribs and that