• The Last Hour

    Boundaries breathethrough segregated spaces,vast yet closing. A butterfly burnsagainst glass walls,its wing-beata dying prayerto light that trapswhat it draws near. In this final flutterbetween livingand dying,we too burn towardwhat destroys us-desire both the lightand the lamp. (Attraction and destruction are intertwined, be it butterflies or humans.)

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  • Too Much

    She’s Too Much for the World –Let her go. When he said he won’t let her go,did he knowhe was holding lightning in his hands? She is the one who weepswhen deep music moves through her,when rain writes letters on windows,when certain lines in bookscrack her chest wide open. She…

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  • As we change, some bonds deepen while others fade. Not through betrayal or abandonment, but through the natural drift that occurs when people grow at different paces or in different directions. This isn’t a failure of loyalty or love; it’s the organic consequence of becoming who we’re meant to be.…

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  • I Don’t Need a Title

    Someone once said I’d become another ‘Kamala Das’–his laughter, sharp as broken glass. Oh Kamala! Your verses flow through my veins.does he comprehend the oceans of pain beneath your words?The way you claimed yourself when the world would not?Does he fear the untamed freedom of a woman’s thoughts? I smiled…

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    Spider

    I sit here        counting my silencegauging the wrapped silk layersthe finesse     appropriated to nothing. Trapped in a web     of my own weavingI look around.        A dapple of sunlightclimbs through my silken prisonin precise measures     till the roof.    A faded butterfly wing flutters. The remains of what was once aliveis not…

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  • A valuable lesson learned from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” centers around the concept of true courage. Atticus Finch, a central character in the novel, firmly establishes that violence is not a measure of courage. True bravery lies in confronting insurmountable obstacles with unwavering determination, driven by a deep…

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  • Rediscover Your Self-Worth The other day, we friends were discussing about relationships in which people feel undervalued. Owing to this, they end up constantly seeking approval. The root of many toxic relationships lies in a deep-seated lack of self-worth. It’s time to break free from this cycle and rediscover the…

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  • Ephemeral Glimpses

    Opening “I entered this world not wantingto come. I’ll leave it notwanting to go. All this while,when it seemed there were two doors,there was only one—this                                  passing through.”                                    – Tess Gallagher How beautifully are these lines written! Between the ‘not-wanting’ lies the life we all want. In the absence…

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    Clouds

    A cloud born of sky’s heartbeatwatches the day’s hues dissolve.The sun decends down slopes of hillsthrough valleys’ shades and shadowed trees,leaving the earth in twilight’s embrace,wrapped in a soothing evening kiss.But are we more than fleeting clouds,Drifting through life’s tempestuous shrouds?Or do our souls, like vapour, fade,Leaving no trace, no…

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    The Butterfly

    The Butterfly Who hears our cry from the cocoonand days we spent in contemplation,days we shunned our silky existenceas a worm, worthless and young.Sometimes we wish we never saw the light.Little did we think we will grow wingssomeday. Colourful, beautiful wingswith which we could flit around.Afraid of the changes in…

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