General Poetry
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Flawed & Fragile
Flawed & fragile Never letting it show Crumbling inside, but only she would know Searching for acceptance Enough is what she longed to be Emotions bottled up When they neede…
Judgement Day
JUDGEMENT DAY HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT FINAL DAY ARRIVES DOES OUR SPIRIT LEAVE OUR BODIES AND RISE ABOVE THE SKIES DO WE FLOAT UP IN THE HEAVENS WIL…
BAR GIRL/WOMEN
Bar Woman I had put my body up for trade, Every day, I saw countless new faces. I had seen countless scars etched upon my body, as if I had sold my very emotions. I had dan…
Garden
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you. I'd have a garden that I could walk through.so even though roses are red and violets are blue my garden would be filled through …
Knot
Not a wall - but memory insulation. Each room hosts life; its grasp inextricable its air warmly familiar and yet freshly tense. Not a house - not bills, bricks, tools or …
White Lies
I see the glint in your eyes Our sarcastic banter fresh Just how I’d imagined it But it’s not for me Is it you that I want Or am I seeking warmth A lonely young man Toyin…
Who Am I?
Who am I? I am a mere spirit floating in the wind of consciousness, The spirit of a thousand worlds, a thousand lifetimes, I am led by wisdom learnt, wisdom gained, wisdom gift…
The Chisel
Summer drags long into spirals of heat and longing and silence. The mosquitoes shriek songs, convoluted high pitched notes, they’re everywhere and nowhere all at the same ti…
All Around
Your smell is within my walls, your voice is heard in my head from our usual calls. You held me when nobody did, on your shoulders I cried, and behind your back I hid. I fel…
LIFE...
When your life is a bore And you hate your life to the core When you hope tomorrow is better But then you think it doesn't matter When yo wish you had someone But for me …
What Is Life?
What is life? A quiet mix of moments, a rhythm that shifts with time, teaching through each phase — through changes, pauses, heartbreaks, and gentle healings. Where does l…
The introvert
मिलूं नहीं मैं कहीं तुम्हे तो हार मत मान जाना, दुनिया का कोना छोर किसी छत पर आ जाना। दोपहर की धूप हो या हो रात की ओश, मिलूंगी मैं वहीं तुम्हे बेखबर मदहोश। गवारा नही हर क…
स्वयं हूँ
मैं अपनी समस्या स्वयं हूं खुद पर ही मैं श्रयम हूं, मैं ही हूं जो खुद से रूठ जाती हूं करके हजार प्रयास अंत में टूट जाती हूं खो देती हूं खुद को खुद के रचे उलझन में फस जाती हूं मैं…
Oh to be loved like that
Oh to be loved It starts with a look, doesn’t it?? Not a casual glance, but that sudden, heavy pause where the whole world just drops its volume. Oh to be loved like that. …
If I Had Wings
If I had wings, I think I’d rest them around you first. Not to leave. Not to fly away. Just to see if love could feel like shelter. I imagine feathers catching the evening l…
Let peace reign
Let peace reign Let it reign for all man kind Let it reign for no man fights Some of us are way past that time. So let peace reign and no more crime let it reign so them capti…
Grown Ups
Grown Ups As per the Kids Community; Grown Ups possess many a peculiarity— Creating what shall supposedly scream, “The Best for Children!”, or so it may seem. And when we l…
Red and Blue
Now who’s idea Really who Was to split us To red and blue? Not gold and green Or a color of shoe But blue and red Or red and blue. And who’s idea Really who Wa…
where the road ends
I am lost in my thoughts, I have nowhere else to go. And now the sky meets the land, I am in between the edge of the fire. I have my hands twisted, All my potential wasted,…
an ode to my people
here’s an ode to my people because what would i do and what would i be without you. i know that i would be and i could do so many things like travel the world run a marat…
A period
What a grotesqueness. Imminent, yet still. A snake eating itself. A disease. A swarm of flies. A bleeding wound. How can something be this cruel? How can it exist? …
Pain of beauty
The heart of a girl It is now cold and lost the void breeze of stillness embraced her soul with agony Even then, she gave a smile a smile of spilling clouds She was …
Guardian Angel
I sat in a corner Alive but still The eve was so quiet Even the winter breeze bid farewell I saw a gleam and wished to be free No slave could bear the pain in me Why …
Yesterday's Men
Yesterday’s men reach out and touch the rising sun Melting skin drips from brittle bone They grin and know It’s everyday It’s all of life It’s everything th…
Knock at my window
Knock at my window Palm trees sway in the wind of your breath Your blue eyes bore into my soul A man who wears self without apolog…