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anoushka-chawla
anoushka-chawla
A hundred feet off the ground, I'm just at the edge of the cliff, All I need is a gentle push, A nudge would do, maybe even A touch of your fingertips on my skin, Galvanizing the deeply rooted body hair, And only when I'm suspended midair Do I realize that it's a long way down Cutting across the sultry breeze, Overwhelming and intimidating, So I flap my arms against the wind, So I breathe deeply before the vast Ocean welcomes and immerses me And I holdfast my respiration, Lest the water clutches my lungs Attempts to suffocate and drown me, Just two feet above when I look Around, and I find that I'm not Falling in love alone.
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 4:16 PM UTC
Falling
My silence is not, and does not Represent, the inadequacies of my adeptness and my knowledge, Nor does it undermine my capabilities Of paraphrasing primary thoughts In verbose, scholarly manner, no, It does not, can never, didn't ever Mean that I am not opinionated, For it is upon my discretion Whether you are worth debating with.
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Mar 25, 2016
Mar 25, 2016 at 5:34 AM UTC
Untitled
Flashes of red in my eyes, Burning away images of the night I thought I would have, and I feel Myself suffocating, lying amongst half A throng of people, victims, as the rest Run around in panic, of smoke and chaos. Stood on a scaffold, Maniac laughter ringing in my ears A man awaiting his executioner With a glint of pride in his voice Death, a trophy for his accomplishments Something is weighing me down The thought of seeing the light Leave from someone's eyes, no, My hand on the trigger I hold losely, Thinking to myself, should I pull it?
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Mar 25, 2016
Mar 25, 2016 at 5:31 AM UTC
Phatasmagoria
She sat still as her eyes followed the trajectory of the smoke rising from The inferno of her ragged But easy going heart, reminding Her of how he would always Release the cigar smoke in her ears And whisper out slowly, You and I are Exactly like this cigarette, ignited, And together we are like this Smoke, streaming above, and how She'd smile at him convinced, Never releasing until now that He was the billowing cloud And she, the ashtray.
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Dec 13, 2015
Dec 13, 2015 at 5:52 AM UTC
Ashtrays
Over and over again I Lacerate my index across, Flipping page after page Trying to catch up to the Part of this story where You are, or where I think You may be, and every time I smear just a drib of my Blood over the edges and leave A trail I leave a bookmark For when I'm reminiscing And ruminating of the words That could have filled the Otherwise blank pages and given Substance to our tacit exchanges.
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Dec 6, 2015
Dec 6, 2015 at 12:15 PM UTC
Paper Cuts