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 Apr 2017 Ghazal
Arfah Afaqi Zia
It was flawed
Less love, more physical,
It was naught but infatuation
It was superficial,
Discreet yet magical
Phenomenal at times but still lustful,
Feigned feelings, dark soul,
It was naught but infatuation
It was superficial.
The world is filled with liars and cheats.
 Mar 2017 Ghazal
Dhaara T
The one who melts you
And sets your aching soul free
Will also **** you
Update (28/02/17): Edited it a bit. Thank you, Jim, for correcting me! :)

Read so many, and always wanted to try, but was often intimidated; today, after about 10 years, I dared to. My first attempt at haiku, how did I fare?

Also, numbering it, since I plan to dare to attempt again.
 Mar 2017 Ghazal
Dhaara T
We have had Batman
So there had to be Joker
He got elected

~ Chi
So, my brother found some inspiration in my first Haiku too! Here's his first, posting on his behalf since he's not here, because apparently he isn't a 'poet'.
 Mar 2017 Ghazal
Dhaara T
Waiting
 Mar 2017 Ghazal
Dhaara T
I keep waiting
every single day
for your return
with a bag
full of memories
and good times
that we shared
Where are you?
I can't see
the slightest hint
of your presence
What about those
promises of 'forever'?
Why did you
start an end?
Now I wonder
if you will
ever come back
in good time
or will you
let me down?
Now I fear
you will return
zestful as ever
hopeful to run
but I won't
be able to
for I would
be too exhausted
of this wait
only to run
away from you.
Isn't it heartbreaking, the scorching wait that only dries up your lake of love?
 Mar 2017 Ghazal
Little Wren
Be gentle to yourself.
You have fought for this skin,
These eyes,
This voice.

Be gentle to the child inside of you.
When it comes to you, looking up at you
With large, watering eyes,
Brush that loose strand behind the ear
And tell them

Everything is okay

Because no one else will.

Let your thoughts devour you
If they must,
But remember to come up
For air.

Be gentle to the tiny voice inside of you,
That makes you leave your bed every day
That only wants the best
For you.

In the end,
You are all you will have.
And when you leave,
You’re going alone.

Be gentle to yourself
I’m sure if you were able to,
You would swallow this world
Whole.
 Mar 2017 Ghazal
Scarlet Rose
I'm very good at pretending to be happy
But somehow you know I'm sad
When no one else does

My heart is very broken inside me
But somehow you mended it
When no one else could

I'm easily tired of this world and its people
But somehow you make me smile
When no one else can

I'm very good at hide and seek
But somehow you found me
When no one else did
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