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Romali Arora Mar 2014
If you’d ever known
How it feels to be left alone
You wouldn't have gone away
Breaking my heart like this
Crying through the night
The pillows witnessing the plight
Had you seen how the tears made me weak inside
You wouldn't have gone away
Breaking my heart like this
Having been left alone
Amongst so many unknown
The fear of falling down
Had you ever known
You wouldn't have gone away
Breaking my heart like this
Broken promises, forged emotions
The pain ripping through, tearing me apart
You walked away
Breaking my heart
Romali Arora Jun 2015
Slowly the tears will begin to dry
The pillows no more stained
The scars visible to the eye
But it'll cause no pain
Yes it hurts, it takes time
to let go
But you'll be fine
For all you know
It ain't comes easy, nor overnight
Takes up all your courage, breaks all your might
You can't stop loving him
You never did
As much courage it takes to defy
You can't hide from it
And as time passes by
Maybe days, week or months, sometimes
Courageously you'll be be able to look behind
And smile over memories, that once made you cry!
We usually tend to fall in love with people we can't have in our lives. Someone who is not "the one" for us, but we can't stop ourselves from loving them... And when we finally muster courage to leave them behind coz they ain't doing us any good, we walk away with memories that are difficult to let go off....
Romali Arora Feb 2017
Sometimes I wonder
What would the sun do
if it wouldn’t give us light?
What would the moon do
if it didn’t illuminate the night?
One the eliminator of darkness
The other one makes it beautiful
We are all living with a purpose
Some know it
Some, unaware of the mysterious truth
Let’s face it
We are living a life of routines
Our days rushing one into the other
We are all ceasing without meaning
Existing, fading,
Waiting to be discovered...
We're all born with a purpose in life. Some know it right from the beginning, while some of us are lost souls looking for a meaning. While some live life to the fullest, there are others hiding from the world because of everything that once scarred them. We're all living a life of oblivion. And the truth is far from what we think we are living...
Romali Arora Jun 2015
My heart aches
For everything you gave me
For everything you took away
I seek no revenge
For, in revenge lies no love
But it hurts to see you walk away
Knowing that we'll never meet again
If I'd known it was the last time I held you
Or that I'd never see you again
I wouldn't let go so easily
For, in those memories lies the pain
I don't crave for what you have become
I crave for what you were
The angelic smile
The eyes that spoke no lies
The heart full of warmth
The embrace so long
But then again
My cravings are so unrealistic
Coz what I long
Is forever gone....
We often continue to love people even after they are gone from our lives. We hold on to the shared memories, unable to let go. Quite often we don't even realize that we are in love with the memories and not the person, anymore!
Romali Arora Mar 2017
For all the mistakes of my past
I pushed him away
Fighting, arguing
Keeping him at bay
But I forgot
He was no coward
Neither a bully
None from my past
A lover rookie
He was a man
Of his actions and words
The one who promised
A better world
Delicately, yet with strength
He brought down my walls
Slowly unearthing emotions
I once thought were lost
In dark dungeons…
It's difficult to love someone after you've been completely shattered. You tend to pull your walls higher, put up your defense mechanisms, and push anyone away who shows the slightest bit of interest in you. All because you fear the past repeating itself. But there will always be that one person who isn't intimated by your walls but challenges to bring them down. Their constant love and care will prove that not everyone is the same. They will bring sunshine when you believed the tunnel wouldn't end. And they are the ones you shouldn't let go of. They... ARE THE KEEPERS
Romali Arora Mar 2018
His memories are beginning to get weaker
His face is becoming a faint memory
I’ve almost forgotten how he smiles
And the depth of those emerald eyes
I’ve forgotten how he held me tight in fear of losing me
How his lips felt on mine
I forgot how he looked after me
Or stayed up, waiting for me all night
I’ve forgotten how his perfume felt on me
After we’d made love
The cologne that I’d let linger for a little longer
Just so, in case I missed him
But,
most of all,
I forgot
I forgot,
How well I lied
it's been a while since he left, and his memories are beginning to fade. I try to remember what he felt like, I try to bring back our memories; only to realize he hasn't ever left me. That's the worst part about dating a writer, isn't it? They don't just forget you. Instead, you become a part of their poetry!
Romali Arora Sep 2015
“I love you”
“I loved you too”

“I’m here to stay”
“But you walked away”

“I accept, I bow”
“I’m sorry but I have to go”

“You can’t be going”
“I was tired of waiting”

“But I have come back”
“Sorry I have changed my track”

“You said you’d die without me”
“I did. When you left me“

“I need a chance. A last one. Take me back”
“We are in different worlds.
You, 10 feet above the ground
And me, 10 feet down”

“I’m sorry, I’m late”
“It’s right when they say, you can’t really fight fate”
If only people appreciated what they have before they lost it.
Romali Arora Jan 2015
So much of pain and betrayal
So much of regret
I begin to wonder
If there is any love left
I gave more than i could
Got back more than i should
If it was only pain between us
Why did i let u in
If it was to end like this
Why did i let u in...

Broken promises
And there's hurt again
So much tears
Am heartbroken
If it was only pain between us
Why did i let u in
If it was to end like this
Why did i let u in...

Everywhere i look around
It's all the same
You begin to trust
Only to be broken again
Everytime i see you
I feel the betrayal
If it was only pain between us
Why did i let u in
If it was to end like this
Why did i let u in...
Romali Arora Dec 2016
And sometimes in the middle of nowhere
You cross my mind like a floating thought
I fought hard to move on
But it feels like coming back to square one
I wonder if you think of me too
The little things we loved to do
And if some days remind you of me
And the crazy things we did
I wonder if we ever crossed paths
Would we ever speak?
Or would we be like the lost strangers
Who chose the same roads
But were never destined to meet...
We all have that one relationship that is the most difficult to let go of. We cry our hearts out, shed tears, and do every possible thing to forget them. But somewhere, in some corner of our heart, they still hold a special place. Time goes on, and we pretend like we've moved on. But somewhere, deep down, our heart still skips a beat when we hear their name. We still wish to see them just one last time. This poem is for everyone who fell in love hard and ended up becoming someone's fool. I love you guys. You are special. And there is someone out there in the world who loves as hard as you do. And I hope when you find them, they won't let you go.
Romali Arora Mar 2016
I wonder what it is to be like her
To be shattered,
To be hurt
To be broken
By everyone
And still manage to stand so strong

I wonder how many of us wish to be like her
The one who often goes unnoticed
A woman who carries a storm within her
But refuses to let it show
For it may destroy everyone around
Even before you know

I wonder what it takes to be a woman like her
To be at the receiving end of betrayals,
And forgotten relationships
A woman, being referred to, as someone so ordinary
And yet not complaining

I wonder how it is to be the woman she is
A woman of power
A woman of values and beliefs
A woman, who values faith
The independent one,
Wanting to stand on her own feet

I wonder what it is to be the woman
Who often strives
To be better
Than what she was yesterday
Who puts down her dreams and aspirations for the ones she loves
And yet fails to get the love she deserves

I wonder what would it be
To meet that woman
The woman within us
The one within you and me
The one we look at
Everyday in the mirror
The one we don’t admire
But just see....
I wonder what it takes
To be a woman
Just like you and me......
To the strong women-may we be them, may we admire them and may we love them!
Romali Arora Jan 2016
She was so strong
Yet so weak
Her head full of chaos
But afraid to speak
She looked like the moon
Calm and perfectly born
But who knew
Inside her, lay a storm
She longed for someone
Who’d put her volcanoes to rest
To anchor her emotions
During moments of unrest
She believed in no one, but herself
For everyone she trusted
Had given her their betrayal best
After all the treachery
She was left with nothing but pain
But all she longed for
Was to love and trust again!
She was betrayed by everyone she loved. Yet she longed to love again. For all she knew there were others like her, who were wounded and were afraid to love too. But as they say, love conquers all fears, here she was, waiting for someone who'd kiss her wounds and make her come alive again!
Romali Arora Mar 2016
Can I run away
Into hibernation
Or oblivion
From what stands before me
A broken piece of a family
Is it everywhere
Or my home alone
One small family
But all lonely souls?
Romali Arora Mar 2016
Somewhere deep, inside her soul

She often craved to be complete, to be whole

To be kissed without being judged

To have her bruises loved

Without being hurt.

She prayed to be prayed for

To be sought after

To be longed for

Just for once

She wanted to be, not someone’s leftover or looked down upon

But someone’s one and only one
We all have the innate desire to be loved, to be craved for, to have our wounds and scars kissed, to be longed for. But we often hold on to that feeling and keep it suppressed within, fearing that maybe we are asking for too much and may not be worthy.
Romali Arora Sep 2015
She loved the cracks
The broken parts
She loved to heal,
To mend the broken hearts
She loved to speak
Words, and the unspoken ones
She loved to explore
The hidden parts of your broken soul
And she would fondly kiss
Your bruises and scars
While you looked behind repenting your past
She thanked him, to help heal another, in her heart
She was the girl who'd burn herself to see you shine, the star that would fall so that you could make a wish. She was the girl who lifted people up everytime they fell. She was the one who'd kiss your scars and who'd spread light in the darkest parts of your life....
Romali Arora May 2016
Everyone who met her
Admired her for what she was
Perfectly crafted
Without any flaws
But come closer
And you will see
She's not as perfect,
as she seems to be
She has flaws
And scars too deep
She's been broken
But is afraid to heal
She's scared to open her heart
And pour it out
To make herself vulnerable
And to bring her walls down
She's been degraded and walked upon
Lied to and cheated on
So don't you call her a masterpiece
She's a living hurricane, a mess
A beautiful mess
Of terrible chaos
People often call her a masterpiece. But no one has seen her as closely. She has her flaws and scars, she's been betrayed and cheated upon. She comes across as a calm ocean but delve deeper and you'll see how deep her emotions run. Shes afraid to let her walls down, for she has been let down more than a couple of times. She's afraid to open her heart to anyone who cannot handle her emotions. She's not a masterpiece! She's a mess; a mess of terrible chaos.
Romali Arora Jun 2015
Lifeless as she lay
Her skin so pale
The gleam in her eyes
Had begun to fade
She lay still
Unable to move
The pain was torturous
tearing her apart
Like a thousand needles
Pricking her heart
She was left alone yet again
Blaming herself for all the pain
The agony was deeper
The affliction more severe
Everything that held her strong
Was now falling apart
Breathing her last
With the last blow
Closed her eyes
She was ready to go....
It's not how long u have been together that matters; what matters is how beautifully u lived with someone. N when they walk away leaving u they take away a part of u that never really comes back; a part of u that dies n never comes alive again....
Romali Arora Oct 2015
Someday when you sit alone,
Looking back at memories, forlorn
You will realize what it is
To be standing when your other half is already gone

You will know what it is
To write letters pondering all your feelings
But when they go unreplied, unread
You will know how it makes you sad

You will feel the pain
When night turns to morning
And morning to nights
When your calls go unanswered
And when texts fetch no replies

When your tears go in vain
When your heart aches so much
That you physically feel the pain

When breathing turns to gasps
When you wake up to mornings, pillow-stained

Not forgetting what you’ll feel
When you’ll wait for hours
Just to catch my glimpse
And I’d be occupied
Just like you, right now are,
my love
While you look so longingly at the closed door
While you wait for me to come back
I’ll be happy then
In someone else’s arms
Who won my heart with a thousand efforts
When you were gone!
Someday you'll know what it is to have lost someone who's asked for nothing but your love.
Romali Arora Aug 2015
My past has seen lot of devils
That often rise
To pull me down
They hold me like invisible chains
Binding me, weighing me down
They come like ghosts
That rise from graves
The lost ones
That disappeared to never be found
And as much I try to push them back
They pull me deeper into the tunnels so black
And as much i try to resist and restrain
All my struggles go in vain
So here I am finally giving up
Sometimes lost in the dungeons of my past....
When the ghosts of your past come calling by, you either lose yourself or rise
Romali Arora Mar 2016
It takes a lot of strength to prove my love

Day in day out

I struggle for some trust

It breaks my heart to see the pain on your face

You have been through so much

It reflects in your veins

I have been through the same crap

Yes, a little different,

But I have fallen too,

In the same trap

A lot of patience and care

Yes I'm nursing it well

But for how long will these fears

surround your heart and mind

for how long

will they hold you from being mine

All the scars, the wounds will have to leave

And one day

when the pain sets you free

that'll be the day you'll completely surrender yourself to me
We have both seen demons and faced them too! Both of us have sunk in troubled waters, gasping for breath. But the way we have dealt with the pain is what separates us from each other. While one bounced back the other was weighed down. But here I am, extending a hand to shoo off your demons and pull you out of the hell you call your haven. And I promise to struggle till the pain sets you free from its wrath.
Romali Arora Mar 2017
She was made of a million scattered pieces
and particles of dust
she fell too hard
and loved too much
Her soul deeper than the ocean
and her heart was a war
Love was soul food
sheathed with trust
She was a woman everyone loved
only to leave behind and walk upon
She never grew tired of the pain left behind
Instead embraced them as her own
But that never deterred her spirit
For she only picked herself up again
Finding someone
to heal with all the love that remained...
There are some women you'll meet in your life who'll change your perspective about love. They are the ones who'll heal you of the pain others have left behind, they are the ones who will give you a part of their beautiful soul, the ones who will make you their world. And most often than not, you won't realize that they are the ones in dire need of love - because they are the ones who've been walked upon a million times, they are the ones constantly healing people, forever overlooking their needs.
Romali Arora Jun 2016
Although I must go
There's a part of me that wants to stay
Inspite of all the allegations and blames
You put on my name
It isn't that I don't love me
Or I don't respect myself
But there's a driving force
That makes me want to hold you back
I would incessantly admit
Loving you was an exquisite form of self destruction
It was like drowning in the ocean
Despite knowing how to swim
You were my terraquous zone
The world I'd call my own
How much ever it hurts to let go
It's time to walk away, I know
A part of me will always love you
Waiting for you to change
And come back to me
Albeit it seems difficult
There's still a lil ray of hope and belief
In us; in you and me
But right now it's time to take a call
I want you to know that I love you madly
And I hope you realize it
Before I guard myself again
Before i bring them up,
The much stronger and intransigent walls
I've loved you more than anything in the universe. Despite the abuses and allegations you've put on my name, something in me still want you very desperately. I'm waiting for you to change And come back to me. It seems impossible but I still hold that tiny hope in some part of my heart.
Romali Arora Mar 2016
And as I try to put myself to sleep tonight
Engulfed by thoughts that burn like light
I see a fire of emotions flare up
It ain't me, but it won't just stop
It gulps me quickly within
And soon I see myself suffocated and struggling
What has become of me
The mirror refuses to acknowledge what I wish to see
A simple girl with scars so many
Waking up to fresh new wounds in plenty
So many accusations
So many allegations
Not a bit of truth to them
What have you made of me?
What has become of me
The mirror refuses to acknowledge what I wish to see
A girl with expectations none
Broken,  but trying to heal everyone
What was it that made you doubt over me
What was it that I failed to give
An unrecognisable face in the mirror
What has become of me
The mirror refuses to acknowledge what I wish to see
I have tried everything to keep you happy.  A girl so scarred, I tried to give you my smile.  But what I have become is not what I am or what I am supposed to be.  And I just realized while healing you I just ended up hurting myself!
Romali Arora May 2016
She was the one who waited for solitude
To fall apart
To give a million chances
To everyone who broke her heart
She was the one
Who hid her pain;
Who wanted to heal others' fears
Rather than showing her tears
She was one
Who kept everyone in her prayers
Who loved everyone in spite of all the betrayals
She was the one
Who burnt herself
To cease your darkness
The star who'd fall down
So that you could make a wish
Yet,
She was the one
Always walked upon
She was the one
Who kissed the wounds
And healed every soul
However, she never learnt
How to heal her own
She was the one who loved with all her heart. The one who'd do everything to put a smile on your face. She gave away herself completely to you with the trust that you'd never hurt her. But all she faced time and again was the same betrayal - for being too good,for being compassionate and for being the star in your darkness.
Romali Arora Nov 2016
Another day
Another tear
Another night
Another fear
Another struggle
Another fight
As she fought
To defeat the demons inside
Wriggling, gasping
She finally lay still
As the monsters won
Yet another time
She fought with her demons every night. Every day was a struggle too. There was no one who could read her thoughts. And no one who could control the overflowing emotions. And while she struggled to keep a hold on her feelings, she failed miserably, and let the demons engulf her heart once again!
Romali Arora Mar 2016
Broken wings,
Scarred tonight

Tomorrow morning,
Brings another life
Romali Arora Apr 2016
Why cnt women be a lil more like men
and men lil more like women
Why cnt the two sexes travel a lil more
And reduce the distance  
Why can't we be a lil more of the good we are
A lil more of what we want to be
And battle a lil more
To be the change we wish to see
We always keep complaining about how our better halves can be so ignorant or so possessive or so controlling or so insecure or why can't they love like us and care like us? But do we ever take the efforts to find a common ground and make the relationship worth it instead of just expecting the other to walk 99 steps while we just manage to hardly crawl not but a single step?
Romali Arora Mar 2016
Wouldn't it be great
If we just had nights
We could be lost in the thoughts
Forever; all the time....
For people who are deep thinkers, night time is often 'their time'. The time when they lose themselves in thoughts, often interpreting the unsaid things, trying to make meaning and sense of life. What if nights never ended and there were no days? How would life be like for such self-made philosophers?
Romali Arora Mar 2017
I like the way you giggle when we talk
When you slip your hands into mine through our walks
The blush on your face
The cheekiness in your smile
They way you pull me closer
Your emerald eyes meeting mine
I like the way you tickle me
Making me laugh till it hurts
The tears rolling down my eyes
A smile that's a gift of your love
I like the way you make my heart feel
Younger, livelier, skipping a beat
I love your embrace
That feels like home
Your stoic gaze
That becomes my sanctuary
But most of all
I love the smell of your skin against mine
The way you slowly arouse my senses
As our souls entwine...
I've loved him since the moment I laid my eyes on him. There was something innocently beautiful about his soul; the way he looked at me, the way he held my hand, the way he pulled me closer to him. There was something dangerously arousing about him. I knew I was playing with fire; but just for once, I was ready to get burnt.
Romali Arora Jan 2016
You have been hurt
And so have I
The wounds from our pasts
Often come haunting by
The bad memories stuck in our minds
Dreading our hearts
Pulling us behind
But these awful recollections
Can’t decide our fate
For another chance to the relation
Is never too late
There’ll often come a storm
To sweep us off
We might wobble for a little
But it’ll be gone
This is just the beginning
And the way - too long
But I know for sure
We’ll make it till the end
Victorious and strong
Both of us have been hurt. Both of us have gone through a past that has changed us and made us what we are today. But all we need is to shed those inhibitions and move along; for we have a long way to go.
Romali Arora Jun 2015
What love leaves behind
When it walks away
Leaving u speechless
When u have so much to say
Scars, memories and tears
Fresh wounds and fears
So many questions
With answers to none
Abandonment and isolation
Hollowness and betrayal
Every time u go back to those promises made
You'll feel the colours fade
But i promise it won't last long
And when love visits u again
It will be strong
Washing away all your pain
When love goes away, it leaves behind so many memories that you can't seem to get over them. Everything seems so difficult and impossible.
Romali Arora Jun 2015
It might come like a blow at once
Or something built up over months
Not even turning around
When it goes
It leaves behind hope
And while you wait for it to come back to you
it has already found someone new...
It's easy for some people to walk out on us; and we spend days, months and even years waiting for them to come back to us. Love isn't easy, but it ain't that difficult too, if 2 people aren't ready to give up on each other despite the toughest of situations. But there are times when we tend to keep waiting for the one we love only to face the bitter truth that they might never come back coz they have already found someone new....
Romali Arora Mar 2014
When we grow old
Would you still kiss my forehead
And wake me up
****** glances at me
When i step out of the bath

When we grow old
Would you still eat
The burnt toast for breakfast
Evrytime i tried to make it good
And screwd it up

When we grow old
Would you still brew me coffee
When i have a ****** up head
Or on weekends
So that i can stay a little longer in bed

When we grow old
Would you still call me beautiful
And kiss me passionately
Would you still hold me in silence
And say how your heart beats only for me

When we grow old
Would you still surprise me with gifts
And leave behind chits

When we grow old
Would you still rest my head on your shoulder
And sing me a song
Would you still promise to love me
When i'm gone

And when i'm gone
Would you promise to carry me
In your arms to the grave
Like you carried me so lovingly
On our wedding day
Romali Arora Jan 2018
"Where did you go?" I asked
The one who loved
the reds, the blues, the purples and pinks
The one who chased butterflies,
the rainbows, and her dreams
"Where did you go?" I asked again
This time, a little louder,
a little impatient
"Where did you go?"
The one who laughed so loud, the one who danced
the one who sang to the rhythm of the rains
"Where did you go?" I asked,
a little hurt this time
The one who, with so much love,
baked cakes and cookies
Sending them, on a binging spree
"Where did you go?" I asked again
Standing in front of the mirror
screaming,
tears welling up in my eyes
and finally flowing down like a stream
"Where did you go? And why?
Leaving me behind!
Alone. Battling. Struggling. Gasping.
Come back.
Come back.
Come back, please.
Just for once.
Let me feel you for a brief moment.
The one lost to this heartless world.
Let me feel you...
Just for a moment
Just for a moment
Just for a moment...
For all those who miss what they were once, the side of their personality that has been lost to this ungrateful world, for all those whose innocent dreams have been trashed, here's a little dedication. :)
Romali Arora Jun 2018
I always feared meeting eyes
They could let people see you in depth
Read the unsaid
And find your weakest
I struggled to meet your gaze when we first met
Days, weeks, and months
Before I finally let loose
Of everything that left me bruised
I admired your patience
As you unearthed every layer
So delicately,
You saw through my struggles
Through my vulnerabilities,
Through the jabs on my soul,
And through scars that ran so deep,
And just as I began to get comfortable with those emerald eyes
You knifed through every wound I thought was healing
Twisted, coiled, and stabbed me again
Standing there, watching,
As I gasped in pain
Only to realize
I’d given myself away
To a bunch of glorified lies
As every piece of my heart
Clung on to the pain you left me with
And that's when I knew…
Why I never trusted ‘em eyes…
Fear of eye contact is extremely prominent among people who've had their trust broken on so many instances before they finally gave up. I happen to be one of them. The fact that eye contacts are the most innocent and yet intimate form of connecting with another, both fears me and stops me from meeting gaze with people. This is one instance when I took every little bit of trust  and confidence I had left, to look a man in his eyes, only to have my wounds scratched again. The biggest lesson of my life, and the last one too, taught me sometimes it's best to live with your fears instead of facing them.
Romali Arora May 2015
Yes! I'm insecure
Coz I know what it is
to have loved and lost
When you give your everything
and you are left with nothing

Yes! I'm insecure
Coz I know what it is
When you give your best
and it isn't yet enough

Yes! I'm insecure
Coz I know what it is
When your all day conversations
turn to formal hi's and hellos

Yes! I'm insecure
Coz I know what it is
To see it slipping away
When everything perfect
turns astray

Yes! I'm insecure
not coz of lack of trust
But coz I know
it doesn't take time
for love to turn dust

Yes! I'm insecure
But you should be glad
Coz when I stop
It'll make you mad
And when you begin to get insecure
You'll know what it is
To love, to hold
And to know when to let go....
It isn't unusual for people to get insecure in relationships! Here's a reason why we girls can be proud of being insecure, not coz we don't trust guys, but coz we love you way too much to lose you! So everyone out there who's in a relationship, you should be glad that your partner is insecure about losing you!

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