Shipra Agarwal

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Lovely as the rising waves might be,
I am restless when it ebbs, our bond.
For all my love for the ever-changing sea,
Sometimes I crave for a listless pond.
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Sometimes it's just easy
to not feel, not think.
You walk on the damp river shore,
ignoring the waves calling out to you.
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I slept in the moon's warm embrace
through the night.
Now the Sun is nudging me
with its colors and patterns and light.
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The light is fading
bit by bit
both around me
and inside.
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They claim to know me, having read my words,
They, on whom I've never patiently rested my eyes,
It's the guileless eyes that brew the silent storm of honesty,
When words are born, so are lies!
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My love is not a tree,
It doesn't grow roots
nor gives shade or fruits.
My love just flies free.
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My heart is full of a song
that neither breathes nor lets me
neither sleeps nor lets me.
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You sing and it moves slightly, quivers
The rhythm of your breath, its ripples mirror
This endless white veil hides me from the whole world's view
As I close my eyes to listen to you.
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The foundation of it all is shaking
I can hear the floor rattling
yet I don't want to dig my heels
and make it stable, nah! worse stil..
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When this flow of music stops,
we'll still have the warmth of silence, where words are unnecessary.
Beyond the realms of rhythms and notes, rights and wrongs,
let it have a free life, and the freedom to die.
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Unasked questions don't get answered
or forgotten,
They just hover in the air-
constant distraction!
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All my words come cloaked in similar colored garbs
It's time to change the ink I guess, or the ink pot.

Oh but, this is blood I'm writing with,
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Mornings come to me with your thoughts in tow,
Vague, fleeting, half-formed thoughts you know!
I often wonder if they are a continuation of a dream,
Like a song interrupted by a far placed scream.
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I close my eyes and try to sleep
but at times, too much peace can also keep one awake.
I seek out a sound, a flutter to peg my thoughts on,
but all I hear is the rhythm of your breath.
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I seek you out tonight
And yet, am scared to talk to you
'coz I'm a li'l liquid headed my friend
Don't want my thoughts to pour out to you.
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Lazy hazy morning
or is it afternoon?
Can't stop yawning
did I wake up too soon?
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