क्या यह ज़रूरी है कि हर बात
बताई जाए?
क्यो न आज
रात खामोशी में गुजा़री जाए।
और अब जब सैलाब थम सा गया है
तो फिर किस लिए
कश्ती को
बेवजह ही दोषी करार दिया जाए…
क्या ज़रूरी है कि हर बात
बताई जाए…
Affirmations #9
To still look up
At the blazing Sun
Even if it fires the sky.
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To not bother
If the glare is too harsh
But to find a secret shade.
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To never ask
Why,
Instead
To say,
I’ll try…
Affirmations #8
If a morning is sunny enough
To not wonder where clouds are…
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If the dew drops still shine
To not wonder why the grass isn’t dry…
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If the cuckoo sings aloft the hill
To not want the nightingale too…
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If a path today is closed
To take the other …
And not deny the novel sight
About to unfold.
Affirmations #7
To not discredit self
To take each day as it comes.
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To unapologetically stray
From all that pervades
and rattles the calm within…
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To understand
that cordiality is strength
and surrender is not weakness
that the spine need not bend,
to defame and perceived notions…
defined by others.
Affirmations #6
Look within,
All answers reside.
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Look outside,
Questions beguile.
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Seek nothing,
And all surround.
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Seek much,
And nothing is found.
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Love madly,
And feel empty inside.
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Love unconditionally,
And fill every crevice,
No matter how wide.
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It is absolutely true, when you surrender in entirety, an unregistered view charters out of nowhere and wholesomeness follows.
@shalini
SILENT
“She has flown again,
Without fluttering.”
A 6 word story prompt. The word Prompt is “Silent”. It can be followed here.
Teacher’s Tale…
What is it like to guide and teach,
And hold hands through the direst storms.
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What does it take to understand
And nod and decipher
The intent beyond the hesitant gaze,
The half raised, curious hand.
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What is it like to be the one
To be emulated and looked upon.
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I had thought it would be difficult
To set example and lead,
To have people depend on you,
For guidance and for love…
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The further I travel;
The lesser I need to worry,
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Because all it takes is –
Medicine and love
Pure intent and eagerness
Being the true self and
Simply knowing the gestures;
That sometimes make up for words.
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To see the light in that one student’s eye…
To walk up and say
“Tell me, I’m there.
It doesn’t matter,
Once again, we’ll try.”
© Shalini
Of daughters and marriages…
You took a seed..
planted it somewhere.
‘It has its own destiny.’
You say
Whether it transforms
Or lies dormant
You do not stay…
Why then
Did you decide
Where to sow,
When you detach yourself
From its course
You say now
It isn’t yours
When every leaf on its tree
You count and watch…
You took a seed
Planted it just anywhere
And then
You complained
Of vagaries
Storms and despair…
Affirmations#5
The sky would have been bluer,
And the roses redder,
The greens would have been greener,
And the grey … less greyer.
If only I knew
It would take so little
So little, to be free…
So little,
To be me.
Affirmations #4
If I had to choose;
Between the wilds,
And the spotless way.
I’d take to the wilds,
Like April gives in to May.
And then if uncertainty,
Jeers from the trees-
I will smile back this time-
Because I can choose to not see
And walk away…
