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Praggya Joshi May 2018
Behind the toothy smiles
Plastered on their sunburnt skin
The sons and daughters of bone chilling poverty
And those at the bottom of the social hierarchy
Carry on their lifeless existence
Without as much as a sob escaping their cracked lips
Look once into their eyes
And feel the crushing weight
Of their bottled up longings desires and needs
That they firmly believe
can only be fulfilled in another life
Where the shackles of penury
Won't confine them to an existence
Marked with deprivation and searing inequalities
Try to hear their unheard screams
When those that claim to protect them
Barely provide them with minimum resources
Needed to quench their basic needs
And they sink deeper into the filthy puddle of misery
Wearing the same tattered cloak
In the scorching summer heat
As well as in the the biting winter chill
They've been told not to believe in miracles
Cause their life is pre designed
So they don't air their aches and pains
They swallow it
As a dessert after their barely satiating meals
Inside them lies a hidden ocean full of tears
That would submerge them
If they let it's water leak from their eyes
So they never cry
But watch as mute spectators
Those who've got the means to thrive
Till they breathe their last
And pass their suffering
To those who've just opened their tiny eyes
And are yawning with their little mouths
In the cradle of their arms
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Praggya Joshi May 2018
I feel ashamed
When i see the extent of damage
That you've inflicted on my heart
There are too many splits and cracks
Too many irreparable fractures and fissures
From twisting and tossing it like a ball
Too many gashes from words
With edges as sharp as an exceptionally chiseled sword
Which will take a lifetime to heal
I wish I could say that my heart has become an extremely fragile entity now
But you've actually rendered it obsolete
No longer capable of loving anyone
Nor being loved by anyone due to its pulverized condition
Praggya Joshi May 2018
She walks with starlight in her hair
And sparkles with a radiance
That lights up the abounding darkness
Wherever she steps
Her father says
That she is his greatest asset
That no one can compare
Her brilliance shines brighter
Than a scintillating July afternoon
On verdant sun drenched avenues
Her friends say
That she is their savior
When all hell breaks loose
And chaos ensues
She never loses her poise
She is a Rockstar
In their lives
As for him
He still marvels at his luck
Cause he never thought
That what he wished
on countless shooting stars
would one day be fulfilled
She is someone whom he cannot get enough of
His heart beats for her now
She is everything that his soul has ever desired
Praggya Joshi May 2018
I think I bequeathed
More than half of what was in me to you
I willingly conceded the biggest part of my heart and my soul to you
The thought of you leaving
Made me lose my mind
Such huge portions of myself I surrendered to you
Your presence filled
Every empty corner inside me
Now that you're gone
Taking those immense parts of me with you
I've no idea who I am anymore
A half dead human maybe
I hear I'm still alive
But I find it difficult to breathe
And my heart barely beats
I fail to recognize the person who stares at me with glazed eyes
When I look in the mirror
I had absolutely no clue
That loving someone
Would bring so much pain
I guess the fault is mine
I loved you too much
Way more than you could handle
In this life
Praggya Joshi May 2018
Lately you've turned into a source of distress rather than delight
The way you act is confusing the **** out of me
Its getting difficult for me to stretch my patience further each day
I hope you wear a stable demeanor soon
Cause sometimes I can foresee myself
Breaking apart with exasperation
I wish I could yell at your face
Tell you to stop being so pathetic
I'm not that ****** job that you took for granted till you were expelled
I'm not one of those cheap rubber squeeze ***** that you twist and toss to relieve your stress
I won't keep smiling like them
You need to stop kicking me like I'm your punching bag
Whenever you need to release your pent up frustrations
I'm a human with feelings and emotions
At the core of her being
I'm just quiet because I don't want to ruin
Whatever's between us
I don't want to watch you leave
Without giving me a second glance
I'm quiet because I believe that this turmoil between us would end somehow
I just hope that it ends soon
I hope you become someone
Whom I once knew
It's nothing at all.. Lol
Praggya Joshi May 2018
Something about your love feels shady
Something about your love feels like neon lights
Drunken kisses
hurtful slurred confessions
Seeing the wrinkles of your chapped lips
Colored with a shade darker than my lipstick
Shattered heart
broken trust
Countless shots of alcohol burning my throat
To rewire my brain
So it would justify your actions
And lull me to forgive you again
Something about your love makes me feel like
I would live in a perpetual state of hangover
Of your memories
When you would have moved on
Without looking back at me even once
Something about your love smells
Malodorous
Horribly wrong
I won't fall in love with you at all
Praggya Joshi May 2018
Your  heart is filled with unconditional love
That you selflessly share with all
Your arms are always wide open
They've always been my destination
When I'm worried and scared beyond doubt
You toil through immense difficulties
Just to see me smile
In silence you suffer through pain and sorrow
But never can you see a single tear
Trickle down from my eyes
You never panic when circumstances become compelling
you brace yourself to fight
You're my constant companion
Through thick and thin in life
No one can take your place
No one is made to take your place
You're a goddess in disguise
My mother
I wish you live a long happy life
Happy mothers day :)
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