#melancholy
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DEAR MELANCHOLY
(1) You have visited in the past And left your calling card before too But true to your name, you’ve never lingered For too long, perhaps you’re just as scared As I am of you, maybe a bit more But nobody taught me how to treat you When you paid a visit And left your 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
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STRENGTH
Maybe we don’t speak tonight, Using just our eyes to decipher another language, Our code for “Who’s stronger between the two of us?” Maybe it’s just from another realm. We speak while we’re shivering, And while we’re too twisted to even think straight, The power to evade this fate has escaped from my reach, We Continue reading
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Back To You
My own hands, they now seem alien to me, I’ve missed you enough already, There’s no place I’d rather be than where you are, I look down to see tears washing my emotions ashore, And bringing about my laughter still etched in you, There’s no hand I’d rather seek than yours, There’s nothing to live Continue reading
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ASK
Ask the flower just before it has bloomed, Ask her how she bore the pain underneath The entire facade that she’s been carrying forever, Before turning into this enchantress who manifests. Ask the butterfly just before it has metamorphosed, Into love, away from all the world’s abhorrence, Ask her how her touch made the Continue reading
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Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Looking at the stars, he remembered the promise He’d made to his father, he remembered the day, Back when he was human, back when he was wise But the times were changing, no longer could he stay. After a swim across the rivers of hope and sunshine And an ageing, frightening walk down the Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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