Marine Drive
By Deepika Anchan in Romance | Reads: 487 | Likes: 0
A windy day in Mumbai, people heading home as they fear a storm is on its way. On the Marine Drive stood Naina fearless and enjoying the breeze that was caressing her face. The waves of the Arabian Sea planting a kiss on her cheek. All of the drive seems empty, though at a distance was a boy enjoyin  Read More...
Published on May 7,2020 11:07 PM
Salt Water
By Manu Naik in Romance | Reads: 487 | Likes: 0
I wake to the smell of vanilla perfume. Through closed eyelids, I can feel the bright morning sun blasting through the balcony window. She must have opened the curtains while I'd been asleep. I open my eyes. She's sleeping on her side, slightly curled up. Her dark, messy hair covers most of her fa  Read More...
Published on May 11,2020 08:59 AM
The Average Girl
By Tasneem Kausar in General Literary | Reads: 486 | Likes: 0
She was a girl, an average girl! Average in studies, average in sports, average in built, average in looks.. Average became synonyms to her! She was, just an average girl. Average yet special. Special i say because she had something that was not superficial, she was natural, she was herself!  S  Read More...
Published on May 24,2020 01:36 AM
Heartbreaks are for a reason.
By Madeeha. in Poetry | Reads: 480 | Likes: 0
I was broken to no endsBut you knew,That I needed mending;Of a different kind. And like a shot; You healed me.I had expected oursWith a magical ending. But Alas!We left the story unfinished. Yet I started well off; again.Hadn't you taught me to be strong?I'm not alone, I have your words.And I can h  Read More...
Published on Mar 25,2020 03:49 PM
One last time
By Madhulika Rakhade in Poetry | Reads: 479 | Likes: 0
These flames within me, They want to swallow everything, Like a small kid, I want to save every memory from burning. There were times when I, No longer felt like revoking them. Finding million reasons, Just to keep them untouched deep inside. Never felt the urge to, Exhibit my feelings. Drown  Read More...
Published on May 21,2020 04:52 PM
Aftermath
By Afra Romaan in Poetry | Reads: 479 | Likes: 0
I lay down as long as I remember Felt like its the end of me...like december Suddenly light started peeling out like the prime of morning  Felt like my body soaring  My soul stood up taking light airy steps with a clear sight ahead  Turning over,  my eyes widened as  pe  Read More...
Published on May 29,2020 10:55 PM
Gone with the wind
By Namrata Dev in Poetry | Reads: 479 | Likes: 0
Him and I kept mirrors all around  the house, for every time one of us is home  when the other isn't, we wont be lonely got the reflection's company, we would talk for hours up till 9 pm in the yellow flowered balcony with cold wind's kisses and then head to bed cause the 9 to 5 waits ahe  Read More...
Published on Jun 14,2020 04:37 PM
Home without the Beloved
By Tanveer Ahmad Khan in Poetry | Reads: 478 | Likes: 0
Home without the Beloved   I carry in me Your semblance. Thy fragrance fills my empty valves Baby! The yearning that cuts through Has emptied me bit by bit.   The Home is calling me back And I am engulfed in thoughts Of separation without union And of union without separation. What will   Read More...
Published on May 30,2020 08:27 PM
FLASHBACKS
By Purvi Shah in Poetry | Reads: 477 | Likes: 0
If you could do it again, would you meet them again for the first time or would you walk away? My fingers stopped scrolling when I read this on Instagram, Instinctively, my thoughts wandered towards you. And I thought, 'No' I wouldn't want to meet you again for the first time, I wouldn't want to ca  Read More...
Published on Apr 15,2020 10:14 PM
Why the pretension?
By Akhila S. Prakash in Poetry | Reads: 475 | Likes: 0
Your demeanor,  a great affectation.  Blinded by what was displayed,  I failed to see the one beneath.  Naivety overwhelmed me.  No! Not playing that card again.  No more self blaming.  Your prowess was greater, for it overpowered me fully  took over my mind w  Read More...
Published on Apr 5,2020 08:47 AM
The dilapidated palace
By Rhea Muthappa in Poetry | Reads: 475 | Likes: 0
On a stroll down the street, I glanced at pretty houses I admired one's windows and the other's door One's picket fence caught my breath and the other's overpowering color My eyes then fell upon a beauty A beauty like I'd never seen before An epitome of royalty and damage It stood straight, tall and  Read More...
Published on May 11,2020 08:29 AM
There, you girl, dont cry!
By Bhargavi kulkarni in Poetry | Reads: 475 | Likes: 0
They have broken your doll I know, The world is as cold as snow,They don't care if you are happy or sad,There is no point in getting mad,But the life and love will soon come by,There, you girl, Don't cry!!They have broken your dreams, I knowThey have shattered your aspirations in one go,But the  Read More...
Published on Jun 1,2020 01:37 PM
Angel of my life
By sidra in General Literary | Reads: 474 | Likes: 0
Dreaming to touch the sky. Whenever she dreamt for that every time question arises what? When? Where? How? stumped with these questions the way she used to think she forgets everything . Even though she lost her old version in order to find new & she isn't sturdy any more . She's lost in chasing  Read More...
Published on Jun 1,2020 07:37 AM
Women
By aashish in Poetry | Reads: 472 | Likes: 0
How would have life been ? Sometimes I wonder how different would have life been If she had succumbed to pressure, If she had stuck in that noose If she craved for another life  She would have been inside the grave and I wouldn't have been born alive How did she get the strength to survive? To  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 12:30 PM
Journey Of A Boy To A Man
By SK in Poetry | Reads: 472 | Likes: 0
From a boy to a man, The journey isn't easy. Eyes set on the goal,  The boy enters the world of adulthood. With every step towards the goal, The goal seems more farther. In the battle of reality and dreams, Cruel reality wins crushing the innocent boy's dreams. Shedding a piece of himself here,  Read More...
Published on Mar 24,2020 08:42 PM