The Mask
By Anushka Dogra in Poetry | Reads: 704 | Likes: 0
I saw the mask fall Just for a second or a minute Past those hard stone walls The fear of persuasion and compromise well hidden within the web of lies Half truths and broken promises Ungodly silence of the wordless cries Hidden behind the nonchalance Was true sadness Not visible at the first glance   Read More...
Published on Apr 17,2020 10:02 PM
My Desire
By Gunjan Sharma in Poetry | Reads: 703 | Likes: 0
I wanted to be a book, So you could read me at 3AM under a lamp Or while travelling but What people often do is they ask what you have to offer them, they won't even try to hear your screams rather they judge your silence. But I'm scared that the chapter or the lines that I want to be highlighted wi  Read More...
Published on Jun 10,2020 11:09 PM
Is this the End?
By JJ Sebastian in True Story | Reads: 700 | Likes: 0
I am an undergraduate student; I do have friends in college but when I return back to hostel, I am alone as my friends don't stay nearby, and the only time I get to have people around is in college.  I enjoy walking alone post-dinner because that is the time I feel more alive. I pass by restaur  Read More...
Published on Apr 19,2020 01:41 PM
Middle birth
By aryan bhattacharya in Poetry | Reads: 697 | Likes: 0
O God! Why thou made middle birth.  Either make upper neither lower. Cause neither I stand nor sit.  I can neither laugh, nor weep.  I can neither  dance, nor sing.  I can neither play  nor run.  O God! Why thou made middle birth.?   Read More...
Published on Mar 25,2020 02:13 PM
The Lockdown Foodies
By anushka bhartiya in Poetry | Reads: 697 | Likes: 0
What’s up with lockdown and food? Why is everybody cooking and baking? Are they just being crude? Or are they all chefs in the making? It’s crazy how much one can cook Even when they work from home Along with finishing that long book That they had bought from Rome Sweets and snacks and  Read More...
Published on May 22,2020 08:54 AM
You could have left my hand, Not all at once...
By BHUMIKA AGGARWAL in Poetry | Reads: 693 | Likes: 0
I kept running,  Just a little ahead of you. You held my hand all the while, I knew, That you were there, That you would be there. But suddenly I couldn't feel your hand. It didn't hold mine, anymore. You were gone. Maybe, you had walked away, Or maybe, I had come too far. But, weren't you ev  Read More...
Published on May 4,2020 11:53 AM
Moving on
By Druhin C. in General Literary | Reads: 689 | Likes: 0
"We dont talk anymore", i said. "Is it too late now to say sorry?",my best friend asked. "I wish I could tell them. They might even listen. They might even forgive and forget. They are genuinely good. I am not. Perhaps i messed up. Perhaps......perhaps we were never meant to be. Or perhaps it was my  Read More...
Published on Apr 14,2020 12:47 PM
Two Poems
By SANTHI KRISHNA in Poetry | Reads: 689 | Likes: 0
I.   Sleep My Child, Sleep...         (To Ailan Kurdi) Sleep my child, sleep... In the rocking cradle of the Mediterranean On the frothy bed bedecked by sea weeds and (pebbles  Under the vast sepulchre of the sky. Lullabies of gentle breeze may lull you asleep. Sl  Read More...
Published on Apr 27,2020 10:34 PM
Inconstant
By Honey in Poetry | Reads: 685 | Likes: 0
I had this one little Conversation It opened a different Diversion I knew it didn't fit In right But giving it a thought I might "Happiness shouldn't be Shared Because people less Cared" I heard someone  Say this It put me in  Crisis.  The times have  Changed  I didn't bel  Read More...
Published on May 8,2020 11:10 PM
Distracted
By Felicia in General Literary | Reads: 681 | Likes: 0
"Hey, I am sorry...what were you saying? I got distracted." She said. Her face showed kind of all the expressions in a second. Confused, apologetic,blush,happiness and cheer together in one face. Her friend, Rupa could not find anything out of this multi expression face. Rupa looked at her quizzical  Read More...
Published on Jun 13,2020 02:37 PM
More of Me
By Preeti Agrawal in Poetry | Reads: 679 | Likes: 0
More of Me    What a joy! Finding yourself  more alive,    More nourished, with some measure of clarity.    More exciting than ever before, Playing with words more and more muttering under my breath, Holding energy of hope but in amazement again and again, my joy r  Read More...
Published on May 18,2020 04:29 PM
Formless Escape
By Tanveer Ahmad Khan in Poetry | Reads: 678 | Likes: 0
Formless Escape I wanna hide from you But where should I move The only place I know is you It is for you to leave me a clue Where should I move There are no trees left in you To protect me from the seething sun Beneath the ground is the boiling lava Aimed to turn me into ashes for you Baby!   Read More...
Published on May 30,2020 08:19 PM
Heart Versus Mind
By Sanjeev Gargish in General Literary | Reads: 676 | Likes: 0
It is entirely our own discretion whom we choose to be the charioteer of our life.     We can choose either heart or mind as our polestar.    The mind is highly calculative and profit--seeking. I have observed that by giving free rein to the mind in one's life, one can be mo  Read More...
Published on Mar 29,2020 10:20 AM
Sisterhood
By Priyanka Rajput in Poetry | Reads: 673 | Likes: 0
Ever since I remember, I only remember listening Boys knows the friendship, Girls only know bitching Male friendship worth praising, whereas female friendships are brooding Men got the legend of Krishna-Sudama and Karna-Duryodhan Women got nothing but epic of beauty which leads to her victimization&  Read More...
Published on Jun 2,2020 05:34 PM
Yes and no
By koushal kishan in Poetry | Reads: 665 | Likes: 0
The world isn't the same ... We have changed alot... You and me doesn't mean the same we were before. The heart is drowned in a pot full of questions,and the  answers seems volatile. I had to clear things  Yes! I gave my heart to you.. Yes! I meant it when I told you I love you Yes! I was   Read More...
Published on Apr 15,2020 07:13 AM
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