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194 · Jun 2020
Comedian
Kanishka Jun 2020
A tear trickled down my eye,
He was there ready to make me smile,
With one of his witty and allusive remarks.
I won't be lying if I say that
He has the potential of turning grey to
All of the colors of a rainbow's arc.
193 · May 2020
Web
Kanishka May 2020
Web
Wasn't it better when we were children and
Fear meant being alone in the dark with six-leged spiders crawling over our neck?
For look at us now, we're all alone, darkness sweeping us in while the strings of anxiety, depression, panic, sadness, insecurity and death traps us in their web?
189 · Apr 2020
Thoughts #1
Kanishka Apr 2020
They wish I felt guilty for everything I stand for.
These days I find most people judging others, finding faults in them. I guess its one of their ways of feeling better about themselves.
We should not be affected by what opinion people form of us.
182 · May 2020
Days
Kanishka May 2020
The days go by anticipating darkness's embrace The nights await a light that never comes by.
As all days of the week morph into one,
Life has achieved a stillness, running love dry.
162 · Nov 2019
Hoodie
Kanishka Nov 2019
Wearing your clothes I can feel you beside me,
The fibres blending into my skin, becoming one.
Caressing my blemishes and beauty evenly.
Screening me from the cold and harsh.
Oh how could I ever give it up?
How could I ever give you up?
160 · Nov 2019
The Fence I'd Never Cross
Kanishka Nov 2019
With your skin so near to me,
How can I do anything but crave to touch you?
The warmth it radiates draws me closer,
Inch by inch, breath by breath.
The desire grows stronger with
Every resist, every denial.
And when you finally let me trespass
There's no place I'd rather be,
No other fence I'd ever surpass.
Give love another chance.
156 · May 2019
Face It, Make It!
Kanishka May 2019
In fear lies disgrace.
Never be afraid to fall.
Pick yourself up from the dirt.
Remould,rebuild and rekindle.
Live on.
Reform yourself into the person you always thought you could be.
155 · Apr 2020
Shoes
Kanishka Apr 2020
As my shoes collect dust inside the shelf,
I've finally found time to improve myself.
To colour my life a little bit brighter,
Red, pink, blue and a little bit greener.
©kanishka
150 · May 2020
Forgotten Bar
Kanishka May 2020
The moon was abnormally large that night and
Seemingly keen to hear their heart to heart as
They sat together in what now is a forgotten bar.
His grey shirt stained with her red tears fated, He was going and she must love him from afar.
150 · May 2020
Delusional Reality
Kanishka May 2020
Is it strange or is it true that only when
Our present isn't gratifying
And the future isn't inspiring
That we recourse to our past.
148 · Jun 2019
Incomplete Lessons
Kanishka Jun 2019
There's always a good choice and a bad choice I've heard,
But they are akin in my mind.
No voice in my head guides me to one,
And I lose to them no matter what I've done.
Everyone has their own perception of good. How am I supposed to live up to all of them?
How am I supposed to stay afloat?
135 · Jun 2020
Glitter
Kanishka Jun 2020
Posing naked in front of the mirror,
Practicing dance moves with you,
Watching movies lying on your back,
Eating new stuff that we never had.
While tracing back my happy days,
I'll write it down with glitter.
129 · May 2019
Hollow
Kanishka May 2019
Put a knife to my throat and split it open,
You won't notice blood gushing out.
When I ran out of tears my eyes bled,
I'm hollow now, even my soul fled.
If only those bad dreams go away...
129 · May 2020
You Are My Music
Kanishka May 2020
Each time when my heart broke,
It added a new cosmic beat in my song.
When my brain chose between you and life,0
A melodious symphony came along.
The smoke from all the memories I burnt,
Breathed out as tunes from my clarinet.
The senses that I tormented loving you,
Bursted out into an impassioned cassette.
125 · Dec 2019
Healer
Kanishka Dec 2019
When you first met me,
I was still broken.
My world, a draught ridden plateau.
Desolateness stretched till horizon.
Fire screeched through the soil.
As time passed, clouds condensed.
I wont say you were the first showers,
But the ones that turned buds to flowers.
One of the thirteen roles of him.
123 · Dec 2019
Hold Back
Kanishka Dec 2019
My heart drowns a bit more each day,
Blood seeps in through the cracks.
Enduring through a lifetime of storms,
It may have grown frail or strong.
But the knowledge of it is not worth the test,
So let it flow through the eyes and
Hope the heart makes it to surface at rest.
119 · Apr 2020
Boat
Kanishka Apr 2020
I poured my heart out on a piece of paper,
Folded it into a boat and floated it across
The river, to the bank, to you.
But alas an endless rain befell,
If only I knew how to carve out wood.
114 · Jun 2020
Cursed
Kanishka Jun 2020
If you've stood longer than normal in shower feeling hot drops on your cheeks than cold,
If you've felt an unknown entity clinging your neck with each step you take to future then you know what I'm talking about.
If you've learnt to suppress your emotions around people you love and soaked you pillow,
If you've made yourself distant from your family just to make it easier on them and suffered alone then you know what I'm talking about.
If you've felt music not being able to cure your mood and lyrics sound all monotonous to you,
If you've learned no drugs, no amount of alcohol can fix your soul then you know what I'm talking about.
If you've swallowed down pills just to be saved by a series of miracle vomits,
If you've got scars on your body you lie to people about then you know what I'm talking about.
If you've never shared your thoughts with someone just because it might be too much,
If you've made peace with the fact that it's not others at fault but just you then you know what I'm talking about.
And if you really know what I'm talking about just know that I'm cursed to write about it while you are unable to speak up.
Depression is real.
108 · Jun 2020
First Time
Kanishka Jun 2020
'Hold your phone this way for a better capture' he corrected and thus it all began.
Never did it cross my mind that I'll end up loving him so much hadn't it been the little things he did and said.
Apologizing for someone else's mistake guided me towards the road to fall for him,
He put me at more ease each second on our first date at the films.
Walking for a few moments after practice ended each day,
Kissing me first time on the night of our show seems only like yesterday.
I've done so many crazy things with you with no regrets of any kind,
If I could go back in time it'll still be you with whom I'll intertwine.
101 · May 2020
Wilted
Kanishka May 2020
Spring came and went by,
Some flowers remained,
Some wilted down.
I know there's no place for death in a garden,
But how do you uproot the ones which were once the jewels of your crown?
I miss you, I wish you came back because I dont have a heart strong enough to ask you and face a no.
99 · May 2020
Untitled
Kanishka May 2020
I wonder if death will cure my life.
87 · Apr 2020
Crystals
Kanishka Apr 2020
Next time when tears roll down your eyes,
Catch those magical crystals before they
Fall and break on the floor and let them
Transport you to the magical world where
There are only hellos and no goodbyes.
84 · Apr 2020
Coffee
Kanishka Apr 2020
If you feel like staying up a little longer,
I'll make you a cup of coffee.
If you have to wake up early next day and go to work for long hours,
I'll make you a cup of coffee.
If you wanna enjoy the rain in evening,
I'll make you a cup of coffee.
If you get cold and wanna warm up,
I'll make you a cup of coffee.
76 · Apr 2020
Let Go
Kanishka Apr 2020
The journey is long and full of dark turns,
If once in a while you feel like taking a rest,
Don't hesitate to lay under the tree,
Let the wind rustling through the leaves whisper you to sleep.
The morning will come again,
You will get up again,
Its okay to let go for a moment.
let yourself be free.
75 · Apr 2020
Return
Kanishka Apr 2020
Lately I've been listening to a lot of songs,
Songs which evoke my memories of you.
Maybe its your absence making me yearn
For you, your voice, your touch. Return.
64 · Apr 2020
Mortal Immortal
Kanishka Apr 2020
Poets make love immortal in words,
I hope your memories live on and if not,
I'll pray to God everyday to send me to heaven,
Because you'll be there and time, frozen.

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