Nivedita Patnaik Poems

Double crossed by fate
the symphony strayed
slumping...declining...sinking...sagging...
gashed... tumbling into the abyss
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On the shores it seems calm
yet the inside longs to gush
to touch the sands on the shore
culminating emotions find a vent through muse
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Silently l listen to the rhapsody of stillness...
at the midnight hours..
the unnerving effect of tranquil thoughts
fills me with delightful joy...
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Deep down somewhere
in the corner of my heart
sits a frightened child...
unable to get out...
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Shimmering down the memory lanes

You I remember with love
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Ripples remind me of a tangible life
Reminiscence of the cherished moments
Fills the inner-most part with solemn-acceptance
This too shall pass...
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You ask me to be friends again..
our relations have been dampened...
trust, once breached never is restored...
its knotty-complications is a wound now...
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Unknown faces look at me
I search you among them..
you went away that day
without a word,
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Soothing as the south-east wind
healing as a balm,
young as youth can be,
you came into my life...
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Difficult to fathom the pain of a bleeding heart...
difficult it is to console...
language of spoken words can further damage...
silently wait for the ripe time...
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