Beauty
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IF IT’S NOT LOVE
Tortured rivers, can you see Tormented souls trying to be All they ever hoped to see Is now awash the eastern sea When did we become two? A feeling terribly ripped into Cries foul with a new-found glee “A broken heart is all I’ll ever be” A dream fulfills my nightmares Who’s now hidden in Continue reading
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THE FLAG WAS WELL DOWN
With its broken crown, the flag was well down So finally with a frown, long after leaving town It stood shivering in the winter mist After fatally missing destiny’s tryst, Subjugated to fright in the lonely winter night It pitied its plight, sensing the cold it had to fight Terrorised with a fear unspoken Fearing Continue reading
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AS I LAY DYING
And as I lay dying, breathless and in torment I asked myself what kind of life I had spent Had it been one full of highs and secret lows Was it the right alternative I regularly chose? The Gods paid me a visit but they were not kind “We’ll just take a look around, if Continue reading
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WOES OF THE SOUL
Confesses the soul bedevilled with your fingertips Whispers in your ears, “Set me free,” Fills to the brim with pride along those dewy lips Forces you to open your eyes and see A heart which used to beat once but is now eclipsed By a timeless door which never had a key. It derides attention Continue reading
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THE DAWN
Time escapes with fleeting dreams, Another day is gone, Bringing along false sunlight it seems That here is the dawn. Heart beats wildly against the chest Wanting to flee, Miniscule part of this eternal quest But it saves me. Light is blinding, the darkness tragic Asks what you see, Spinning past you its astounding magic Continue reading
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BAD SON
We never saw eye to eye, just eye for eye Not letting up till it made either of us cry You lose an inch, I secure a mere yard Not unlike gladiators when we sparred Because we fought an endless war Oft forgetting what we were fighting for Now we can’t stop, but can we Continue reading
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INSIDE MY HEAD
Maybe some of us hardly ever hear But some of us were born to disappear Trying to be much more than a number How hard is keeping from going under? Endlessly in search of strokes I haven’t played yet There is never an end to the expectation I want met Maybe this step will take Continue reading
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TO LET YOU KNOW
Merciless winter mornings spent on the grass Hiding behind the comfort of teenage ecstasy Waiting for warmth and the winds to pass, We did not love mildly, nor were we untamed A little bit like two tenacious rivers I recall that bench where our love got named, A touch that sent shivers down my nape Continue reading
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HEAD OVER WATER
The curse of expectation and the cancer of fate Clouds with no lining just when life seems great But I will not walk away without putting up a fight Give me a chance and then let me walk into the night It’s the poison of the standards I have set Of dripping every ounce of Continue reading
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VERDICT
I will confess to you Because you showed me the picture Of the man who I had come to become And the way you turned it over upside down Showed a classic case of comic timing And then I thought of that old man Who had by now given up the struggle With shadows now Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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