Spoken Word: Love me like you don't

      LOVE ME LIKE YOU DON'T Your love was like a river I couldn’t hold onto it more than once It’s like a single grain of sand It’s entirely impossible to hold on to it You see – although your love is like A million stars dashed across the diamond skies It is only a fool who will think of possessing it For even in Wonderland You can’t be mine So...

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I met death in a train and passed!

I met death in a train and passed. I've defeated death! So I thought, until he came to sit by my side. He smiled at me and said "My comrade, can you please push a bit Since my seat is too small for me?" I did And throughout the journey, We sat together in silence. Silence is golden, He whoever minted this speech Needs to be applauded. But Death broke the silence "Don't you find the air refreshing?"I tried to pretend I didn't hear And he was glad...

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Short Story: The Beggar's Religion

His voice was a familiar sound -- we had heard it so much that we almost thought it part of nature. Abu, as we always called him, was the town's famous beggar. No one knew where he came from -- people had postulated theories about where he came from; some said he came from the North because of his name and funny accent, others claim that he probably came down from heaven...

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A poem about heartbreak and ache

Somewhere on the corridorsThat's where we first met.We smiled and we passed awayNever thought that one day, Our love will end just as it first began. We used to skip classes And run to the woodsTo talk about the futureLike we were clairvoyants. Never did we think one day,It will all be over. But in another lifeI won't let you go.We kept breaking a lot of promises,The answer was on our Facebook walls. But what was really the question; No one seemed...

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GHOST!

There used to be a tall lighthouse Alone on the road You became the light That shone brighter every night. Life remains a drama Unless death comes to wake you From the tyrannies of shame As he did to you Dear ghost, Do you know that when you smile My heart becomes smaller And all the lights that emits from you Becomes as dark as your shadow? Dear ghost, May...

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