Poetry
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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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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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VILLAIN
He steps up to the dias to see the stage is set Not going to rest until the expectation is met He eats at my insides till he’s torn me apart All I’m waiting for now is the agony to start, He knows my strengths, knows all my faults Never takes a day off, never Continue reading
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HOME THIS CHRISTMAS
I can see the dimming lights aglow From afar as I trod up the steps to our door, I ring the bell but I hope I haven’t woken you up You open the door and stand there aghast Looking at my dishevelled state You’ve never seen me unkempt and I remember How much you hated 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
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THIS DREAM OF TOMORROW
Short-lived emotions running over, Washing away peals of laughter Beads of joy kissed like a lover Do you even know what you’re after? Look out of the window today And let me know what you see Is time washing the pain away Or are the Gods setting you free? Walk out of this room and Continue reading
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TIME WILL SAY NOTHING
Time will say nothing but, “I told you so,” When the rivers are awash with all those tears, And the soul willingly lets the anguish grow. When the priceless dream, broken in half, Cries from the nearest branch of hope, Time will say nothing but laugh. Time will say nothing but, “I told you so,” Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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