The shopkeeper’s display window

I left the last two
many a time in a hasty rush
they don’t find love in
the shopkeeper’s display window
and in the afternoon today
they decided to sit it out
and I walked on
There is a third I think not much about
it’s effortless to find flaws
harder to leave them unnoticed
but she loves it not
when I fall in love
over a [...]

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January and wedding bells

I read your letter with much concern
some jubilation lurked in the corners
where the paper folded
you make such neat, straight lines
announcing January and wedding bells
See, I told you it was easy
but you fret and you frowned
and your tears caught on
to hardship’s deceit.

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Back to the drawing board

Usually, it feels exhilarating. It’s almost like the thrill of a new adventure that you are about to embark upon. The landscape stretches out in front of you in all of its glory and magnificence and all you have to do is reach forward and all its mysteries and wonders are yours to [...]

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Not Prose

I wrote, not prose, today
and I wanted to tell you of my pain
but I left silent my words
and kept them close to me, so very silent and hushed
so the light couldn’t reach them
and their shadows, you would not see.
But they warred inside
and struggled to be free
yearning to dance with the winds
when their lyrics were sung
to [...]

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Natalie

At times, I think the world could pass me by and I would be completely oblivious to it. To the passing by of the world, I mean. Why, you ask? I’m not really sure. I’m never quite sure of anything, really. I wonder if I’m an anomaly in that regard. [...]

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Man Among Us

Great was the sorrow in the City of Light, as Medina is now called. The Companions rebuked each other for weeping, but wept themselves. “Not for him do I weep,” said Umm Ayman, when questioned about her tears. “Know I not that he hath gone to that which is better for [...]

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