Love
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OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD
They say it’s pouring cats and dogs But somehow the rain has evaded us I’ve seen you in college and asked around And here at the cafeteria forecourt Everybody seems to know you It feels like you’ve seen me But that’s just what I think We exchange glances And you wonder who I am You’ve Continue reading
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FAREWELL TO FEROZGUDA
Dear Ferozguda, I never could part From you but with a heavy heart When I think of the happy days That I spent in my merry ways When innocence wove with pride And consoled me when I cried Of all those evenings spent atop trees By the railway track in summer breeze Samosas of the Continue reading
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YOU OF ME
When you finally let the dust settle Over our stark, barren past I hope you breathe love again When gloomy rivers tell you tales And the night sky finally wakes up I hope it reminds you of me When you pull on your fine sweater To shelter from the intolerant cold I hope you find Continue reading
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OUTSIDE THE REALMS OF TIME
Tell me about all your heroes Did they wear crowns and capes? Did they ever come so close And did they time their escapes? Meet me outside the realms of time Away from the vicissitudes of fame Where the notions of hate rhyme With each syllable of your name Combine atrocities with chance Name every Continue reading
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YOUR POEM
How do I compare you to the summer breeze? The most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen and these Lips itching to speak but somehow appease To quiver patiently and give into the unknown Pleased is the soul when it is truly all alone Chains of bondage and broken love set in stone Like a lighted Continue reading
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THIS MEANS WAR
The bugle has sounded, the treaty is signed Remnants of the past and future combined Screaming from the gallows of yesterday The deep, hallowed wounds will always stay You’ve defeated them all but do you know why You cant see the man in the mirror in the eye? They are not whom you set out Continue reading
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DESOLATION
I see your face, bothered and lost There’s a paper map between your eyebrows And the wind is blowing everywhere else You cling on to the pain dearly As if you would be nothing without it I recognise your suffering instantly We’ve been down this road before It’s as if I’m the only one who Continue reading
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LIKE A FLOWER IN THE RAIN
Victory comes around but defeat always lurks Hasnt yet figured out how the mind works There’s struggle in the air where she’s thrust She has built this edifice and won their trust Little that’s flamboyant, there isn’t with an oak Life has a way of making failure look like a joke, She is almost like Continue reading
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A PLACE FAR FROM HERE
There must be a place far from here That is not quite so worn out and spent My mind’s pulled down by the sheer Umpteenth weight of this mighty ascent A place that boasts of an atmosphere That’s very different to the one present Where birds are caged not by fear And the mighty winds Continue reading
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MINE
A melange of colours in tepid rain Washing away the forthcoming pain Naming a love so uncertain and unsure Shining ahead to the lights that ensure No one’s going to sleep tonight Until you tell me what’s right Don’t close the door- leave it ajar I will always find you, no place that far, Rowing Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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