Drishti Rajai

Unscrambled me

  Couple of months have passed since I last unscrambled the thread,Hiding in the closet or rolling under the bed.As I pondered upon my hanker to knit it someday,The threads were all now clot and dead. Deemed at last, the ends would never meet,Thought of threads to have become obsolete.Then I saw a peeping thread, …

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Gaze

  Asked the waves to take me along,they kissed my feet and left me forlorn.City lights that shined over the horizon,Kept me gazing and I was alone. But the muddy clouds pushed me into sorrowAnd I looked for someone whose happiness I could borrow.And the sound of lashing waves tickled my earsAs I went searching …

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Sonnet of Life

Tell me not in mournful numbers, life is but an empty dream. Just because it strikes your eyes like a laser beam. Courage, faith and patience; that’s all you must keep, As you have to go miles before you sleep. The soul is already dead that slumbers, And the breath falls out to be just …

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Home

Not everyday but thrice a week, ping me on my phone, As I am not habited to staying alone. I promise to keep wisdom always in my bones, For you all might know that I shall always miss my home. Greet my grandparents I know if I couldn’t, Don’t think I’ll turn weak and know …

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Mum

When I was in nursery, I was absolutely dumb, I literally had no ideas while you came up with some. Whenever something snags me, your name is what I hum, This is the reason why I call you ‘Mum’. As the fever encountered me, you turned up with a plum, Even the most boring meal …

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Desire

The break of dawn takes me to look forward for its way, Where the gleaming clouds have turned themselves into hay. Waiting for that dried mud to turn up into clay, All I am waiting for, is a rainy day. The sizzling chirp of the leaves chooses me to play, For it does know that …

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