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EQUITY
You said you’d dreamt of meAnd since there is equity,I have felt much the sameTug when it came to claimThat unhinged, untangled sinDebarred from withinBut expressed all the same;Hence love in all but nameHas found its way towards ourFaithless souls at this ungodly hourBy making eye contact fromThe juries which rendered numbThose feelings which in Continue reading
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DREAM OF ME
What do you think of when I think of you? Continue reading
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A SONG FOR MY SOUL’S REAWAKENING
When the days could not have ended any sooner.. Continue reading
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TOO SOON IT’S CHRISTMAS
The fire is burning with a flame so redthat time stops ticking inside your head.Your soul has not known nor been so aglowand your body’s never seeped inside the snow.When you know that Christmas is up ahead,the days of pain seem to be of long ago. Love has found another meaning this timeadding more vertices Continue reading
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YESTERDAY YOU WERE HERE WITH ME
Do you ever feel the stars shine just for you?Or do you put that down to another tragiccoincidence that binds us together for the fewdays of laughter and many years of magic? Does it ever get across to you when I miss you,Do you feel the warmth of this winter sun?It goes into hiding behind Continue reading
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A EULOGY: A YEAR ON
A year has passed and the seasons have changed yet your absence reminds us of the void that was left behind after we were estranged following the pain that had us destroyed. Your evincing notes still wake me at night asking me to go beyond yesterday’s ghosts. There’s too much of YOU involved in Continue reading
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THE DARKNESS OF THESE DUST CLOUDS
May the darkness of these dust clouds hovering above us be soaked to the bone While unveiling light from its shrouds that we had managed to outdo alone. This battle will be won for sure but hope is at a scarcity now Nothing like this has befallen us before nor will we in the Continue reading
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WHEN REGRET VISITS
Sometimes I can’t sleep at night fearing memory’s diatribe. Soon darkness engulfs the light which I had tried to subscribe. I shiver to see my sorry plight and waver upon my shaken skin, a part of it had once been bright although now it’s dead from within. Why can’t I shake these visions Continue reading
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A NIGHT AT THE GRAVEYARD
We stand apart, hands on thighs There’s a visible nip in the air There’s so much to say yet we relinquish the chance As if its mere existence has scared us in advance and the wind gently tousles your hair. There have been lots of dreams made That found their place ultimately here Yet, Continue reading
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A STARRY TALE
Sitting upon the dangerous ridge, Looking above the menacing trees, There seems to be a speck on the bridge, Coupled with the warm summer breeze. I wondered what the stars tell each other What conversation they have over dinner Does Ursa share his greens with his brother And is Canis really some lottery Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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