Blue- Saumya Mittal

The colour blue gets me everytime

It reminds me of Uranus with its rings somewhat light

Just not as loud as that of Saturn

But poetic enough for its moon's to be named after Shakespeare's characters

This color blue gets me everytime

It reminds me of the depths of the oceans

And there's unexplored life

Almost as a metaphor of our own body, soul and mind

This color blue gets me everytime

It makes me want to look at that that beautiful sky

Though beautiful more when accompanied

With a tinge if love, care and a soulmate underneath

By now you must have guessed it right

How this blue gets me elated everytime

You know there's a seed in us just as blue

That connects us to the Blue Deity and such others too

So I think of my love for this color as an ode to the Creator of all

Who reflects through his skin the color of the cosmos

Kuch ankahi baatein - Sukriti Jain

Kuch baatein hain ankahi , kahi nahi jaati hain

Dil ke jazbaaton mai khoyi si reh jaati hain

Aaj dil ki hai khwaish ki sunadu wo saari baatein

Jo khamosh hokar bhi chupke se sab kuch keh jaati hain

Soch rahi thi kaise kahoon wo saari baatein jo dil mai chippi hai

Kaise likhun wo saari yaadein jo aankhon mai basi hai

Kya likhun kalam se jo bata sake aapko

Ki aapki khushi kis tarike se hum se judi hai

Likhna to bahut chahti hun, kehna bhi bahut chahti hun

Kalam se kaagaz ko dil ka aaina hee bana dena chahti hun

Par kya likhun, kaise likhun, in sawalon ne mana rakha tha sanaata

Tabhi maine aankhein band kari aur mujhe mil gaya jawab aur wo shabd tha PAPA

Paida hone par jisne aankhon se pyaar jataaya

Jiski godd mai puri zindagi ka sukoon humne paaya

Papa wo hain jinhone hume ye jataaya

Ki chaahe kitni bhi dhoop ho wo humesha banke rahenge humari chaaya

Ungli pakadke chalna sikhaya

Bachpan ko rangeen sitaron se sajaya

Rangon ke baazigar hain papa

Jinhone apne kaale safed rang se hume indradhanush ka ehsaas karaaya

Din raat mehnat karke khushiyaan ghar laatein hain

Takleefon mai doobkar bhi takleef ka ehsaas na karaate hain

Kaise hain ye papa humare, samjhana thoda mushkil hai

Jo chup chap rehkar humari saari khwaishein puri kar jaate hain

Khatta meetha swabhav hai inka

Kabhi gussa to kabhi pyaar hai inka

Agar karein gussa kabhi, to pareshan ho jaatein hain

Kaise manaoon yehi sochte reh jaatein hain

Par kaise bataye papa apko

Aapke gusse mai chippa pyaar dikh jaata hai humko

Hum kafi baatein keh nahi paate hain

Pyaar karke bhi jata nahi paate hain

Par ye khamoshi bhi wo goonj hai papa

Jo khamoshi se dil ko pyaar ka ehsaas kara jaati hai

Takleef hume ho to dukh aapko hota hai

Khushi hume ho to haste aap ho

Pareshani aati hai to na bataakar bhi pata chal jaata hai aapko

Pata nahi papa samajh nahi aata

Ki aapke dil ka wifi connection sab kuch kaise samajh pata

Par hume pata hai papa ki humare sapne aapne dekhe hain

Humari khwaishein puri karna khwaish hai aapki

Apna mann marke humare bare mai sochna zaroorat hai aapki

Par vaada hai aaj aapse papa

Ki aapki tarah aapki khushi aur sapne honge humari zimedaari

Bahut kuch kehna chahti thi, ankahi baatein sunana chahti thi

Dil ka samundar baha diya, lehron ko kinara dilana chahti thi

Bahut kuch kehna tha par kalam ruk gayi

Kyuki aap kitne zaroori ho ye ehsaas shabdon se nahi balki dil se dil tak pahuchana chahti thi .....

Blue- Sulagna Bose

You asked me what I would do if I didn't see you again.

Maybe I will miss you,

Maybe I will cry,

Or maybe I will just come to the house we called 'home'.

Your coffee cup will still be in the kitchen counter

I will hold the blue mug and see you left a little bit of it at the bottom,

I will sip the cold leftovers.

It was brewing hot when you were here,

Now it's just blue.

Our dog will be just wagging its tail ; waiting for you to come home.

But you won't.

Ever.

I will have to break it to him.

He will stop having food for a day or two

Then will eventually give in to survival principles.

This is what we all do at the end right?

Survive?

I will forget to water the plants, the house will lose it's green

While I lose my yellow

And everything turns grey.

Your shirt will be lying on the couch,

Still smelling like you.

I will find the pair of earrings, I wanted so badly, in your pocket.

Maybe I will wear it and stand in front of the mirror,

Expecting someone to come and kiss my earlobes.

The windows of your room will still be open,

The wind-chime will chime in with a good feng-shui inside,

All the pictures framed in our room will make me realize that,

I was building sand castles of dreams just for you to destroy it once again.

I will see a paper stuck in your typewriter,

You started writing a poem;

Was it about me? For me?

I guess you always had a habit of leaving things midway.

I will clean your ashtray and keep the new pack of cigarettes beside it.

I will lie down on your side of the bed

Just to try to see things from your perspective for once.

Then I will realize how your side of the bed will never be warm again.

I will remember touching your face for the last time,

Your eyes shut, lips a fading pink, hands holding mine.

This is the only bed i can't share with you, no matter how much I want to.

A tear drop will roll down my face and no one will wipe it off,

Alexa will still be playing the old Bollywood playlist -

'तुम इन सबको छोड़के कैसे कल सुबह जाओगी

मेरे साथ इन्हें भी तो तुम याद बहुत आओगी'

I will pause the song and go to sleep,

Knowing we will be together again someday.

Dignity- Dwiti Patel

"DIGNITY"

Honour and respect is all desired world wide,

Where a good run in a rat race ,

defines mark of the man and its mates,

How lost we have been since so long

That for the approvals sake their opinions are asked for ,

While knowing that,

That this fragmentary enthusiasm won't last long ,

Cause going gaga upon it is a real ease ,

Whereas missing upon the true deep sense

Of knowing oneself

Is where the dignity flees..

-Source•°

I will sing a new song... -Varsha Chaurasia

I will sing a new song

I pray for my country..may it live long.

My country is my life

And, I love my country.

The river here quietly flows,

The wind here gently blows.

The forest here are very dense Therefore, some people think that they make a suspense.

The sun here shines very bright

And also shows the direction whether, you have to go left or right.

To make India honest, clean and beautiful

Towards are motherland we must be very sincere and faithful.

Towards others we should never feel or look jealously,

We should laugh and enjoy with them, so that they can also live with us happily....

The Real Love- Pranjali Khanna

I’ve been looking for love in the hollow spaces,

Only to realise those are the wrong places.

I’ve been seeking it in a mortal body,

That mortal love,

Perishes with everybody.

The love that is mortal,

Was never love,

For the real love is a perennial dove.

Fortunate is the one who is mindful of what real love is,

Indomitable,

Invincible,

A beautiful agony it is.

For it takes a lot of strength to love,

It takes the soul to the heights,

No one can get above.

Unmindful ones have that strength,

They find it easier to hate,

They find it easier to grab what’s on their plate,

They don’t do the searching,

They don’t pull their hands out of the glove,

They don’t know how to practice love.

Searching for it the whole time,

Finally I found the greatest love somewhere,

Where even the stones shine,

The weak don’t whine,

The saddest ones laugh,

Nothing is tough,

Even the roughest aren’t rough.

For it’s a place no one has the directions to,

Its location is known but unknown too.

If the real love is searched for,

It’d be found soon,

But if it’s misused,

It can bring doom.

I searched every nook and corner,

Every next place, even warmer.

Hot or cold,

Sweet or sour,

Soft or rough,

It didn’t matter,

Because I had to be tough,

It didn’t matter,

Because I knew what I was about to find was more than enough,

Enough to not regret my life,

Enough to not become a part of hatred that’s rife.

Because finally when I saw it,

I didn’t want anything else,

It was worth every place I decided to roam,

God opened his arms and said

“My Child, COME HOME”.

Albatross' Cry- Ankita Mishra

Dead crimson roses lay above us,

Their petals once kissed by dawn's first light,

Now rest upon a bed of time.

The dead rocks churn with agony,

Silent witnesses to time's cruel flow,

As they hear the albatross cry for its mariners,

Souls lost in sublime.

Through the bustling crowds, they roam,

Each heart a universe of its own,

Yet amidst the noise and rush,

A sense of loneliness begins to crush.

In this labyrinth of dreams and despair,

They yearn to find a soul laid bare,

A connection in this sea of faces,

To fill their void, their hearts' empty spaces.

With each sip, the poison's taste,

A bitter reminder about life,

Yet, in its venom, they find release,

An escape from sorrow.

But the albatross soars in the sky,

It cries a song of hope and redemption,

For amidst the thorns, they found light.

STARDUST - SHWETA RAI

It’s the darkest hue of grey these eyes ever saw,

This heart ever conjured,

Storm has engulfed every glimmer of light,

Death of dreams, hope and my believes,

A smoldering, combustible piece of log,

This creature has endured the harshest struggles,

Broken, scalded, scarred before,

Yet this emptiness is first to be endured,

Learnt that change is the only constant,

Is a law applicable on people,

Amazing how the world looks and flows,

With the same rhythm,

This rage and despair engulfing all the sense and sensory,

Is but an infinitesimal dot on the world’s ebb.

The food no longer tastes the same,

The mountains no longer are the salve for the pain,

Why you remain stoic and firm on the edge of this madness,

Waiting to hold me when I tire or fall,

Why you still believe in me,

Befuddles, scares and invigorates me,

The sublime stardust that you fill in my shoes,

For you I am trying to rise again.

YOUNGER SELF: School Days- Varuna Ghosh

We are raised in such a world where we are expected to be what we are not

Where suppression in the name of discipline is taught

Twelve years later I ask myself who am I

Why do I feel so shy

Our system of education

Seems more like child degradation

A system of screwing up your motivation

And this song is one of the reasons

Why it hates our generation

Teaching you how not to speak up

Wait but that person could be wrong

“So what! It’s not your problem

Don’t do anything just shutup!”

School won’t make you realise your worth

There is a lot more that you deserve

Even you don’t know the power you possess

I go back and say this to my younger self

Oh what’s that

Two people don’t think alike?!?!

“Try to be more like her”

When you’re actually beyond compare

More than teaching they just keep repeating who's better

I think that's kind of unfair

They say rejections aren’t failures but a learning process

Well how would I know that

When I’m not allowed to fail

“Oh my god!! Why did you cut your hair

Does that mean you’re gay or what are they called, queer?”

They laugh at me for what I wear

And say that school is not a place you should fear

Have you heard of the word ‘representation’

How is that not part of education

How can school ever be a better place for you and me

When a kid can’t even feel free

I hope there’s a day that these things become something no child has to go through

Maybe you could start by teaching the truth

احتساب- Anika Maheen

کبھی تاریخ کے اوراق پلٹو تو کھلے تم پر

وباؤں کا تو پورا سلسلہ ہے

وبائیں دستکیں دیتی رہی ہیں وقفے وقفے سے

وبائیں جب بھی آتی ہیں

زمین و آسماں ماتم کناں ہوتے ہیں ایسے ہی

ہزاروں گھر بکھر جاتے ہیں لمحوں میں

پرندے آشیانوں میں سمٹ کر بیٹھ جاتے ہیں

سبھی انسانیت افسردگی کے دام میں ایسے لپٹتی ہے

کہ جیسے کوئی چڑیا زیر پر منقار کو رکھ لے

روابط ٹوٹ جاتے ہیں

تعلق کی دیواریں منہدم ہو نے کو آتی ہیں

معاشی ابتری سے شاہراہیں یوں اٹی ہوتی ہیں

جیسے بھوک کا سیلاب بے قابو

ہزاروں خودکشی کی داستانیں

انگنت اموات

۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔

غرض یہ کہ

وباؤں کے توسط سے

نہ جانے کیسی کیسی آفتیں

انسانیت پر وار کر تی ہیں

۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔

کبھی سوچا ہے تم؟

آسماں والا

زمیں والوں پہ کیوں ایسی وبائیں بھیج دیتا ہے

بہت ممکن ہے

وہ ناراض ہو ہم سے

چلو ایسا کریں

اپنے گناہوں کی معافی مانگ لیں ہم سب

کہ رب ناراض ہو جائے

تو سجدوں اور دعاؤں، آنسوؤں سے

مان جاتاہے

We Have Died A Million Times - Paridhi Bichchhal

We have died a million times before we would actually die,

Crying over our first incomplete love, oh, on our first heart break, we died a little,

Seeing our trust got played with, we closed our eyes, and disheartened we died a little,

Knowing our loyalty being crushed, oh see, when we had to start caging ourselves, we died a little,

Noticing our hands leaving the hands of our beloved,

we shattered, numb-eyed died a little,

We saw our father crying for the first time, bemoaning our hearts out, we died a little,

Staring at our sick mother's lifeless eyes, yearning our souls out in helplessness, we died a little,

Realizing that we all our losing our humanity a bit everyday, oh see, shamelessly we died a little,

Hurting and demeaning each other, by not realizing the value of our human existence, we died a little,

Cursing our life on every step we take, oh look,

by not loving our life enough, unfortunately-

we have died a million times before we would actually die.

GOD IS A WOMAN- Suhani Singh

Why am I a woman?

She asked as tears roll down her crimson cheeks, flushed with hues of vanquish and immense pain.

Is it just because a man needs a mate or is it because I am the key to heaven’s gate?

Why is it that nobody wants me for who i am but they covet and desire my body?

Why is it that a man abominates the very own blood from which life burgeons?

What shall I do to efface a man’s repugnance for my blood?

What shall I do to be worthy of love?

She deeply yearns for someone to say that she’s enough.

The Athena in her trembles with mad ire as she keeps accepting her trounces incessantly, coercing her to exhibit the sheer power she possesses.

It is this aureate womb ornamented with life that makes thee a woman, says she, her words laced with pure wrath.

The divine femininity within her holds the power to give shape to life,

The world seems to forget how she can cause chaos and strife.

She is the force that should be dreaded and not messed with.

She is indeed a goddess that should be feared and worshipped.

A Plea for Memories- Suhana Hanif

Hey, time, cease your thievery, I implore,

For my cherished memories, don't let them fade anymore,

They hold the warmth in my heart, like a gentle flame,

Moments of joy and laughter, each one a precious name.

I smile in solitude, my thoughts a mystery,

As memories slip away, stolen by time's decree,

I yearn to recall the boy, my first love so dear,

His eyes, his nose, his lips, etched crystal clear.

Oh, time, reveal the story of that old handkerchief,

Wrapped around my knee, a gesture beyond belief,

Who was that girl, so caring and kind,

When I stumbled and fell, leaving memories behind?

Take me back to that coffee shop down the street,

Where my favorite brew tasted so sweet,

Tell me who I spoke to, on that day so fine,

Was it spring or autumn, or another season's shine?

Remind me of the day I picked up that autumn leaf,

Pressed it gently in my diary, a memory to keep,

The feeling it evoked, was there a smile on my face?

Recollections lost, time's relentless chase.

And what of my first heartbreak, the tears that I shed,

What advice did my mother give, to mend my heart's thread?

Was it a chocolate cake or a brownie's embrace,

To bring back my smile, to lighten the space?

Tell me of the first novel I held in my hand,

Was it "Little Women" by Alcott, a story so grand?

The emotions it stirred, the worlds it unfurled,

Oh, time, don't let those memories be unfurled.

I yearn to remember the moments that shaped me,

To embrace the younger self, proud of who I came to be,

I stand tall now, for all the trials I've surpassed,

But that little girl within, she's holding memories steadfast.

So, dear time, I humbly request you to abide,

To halt the theft of memories, let them reside,

For these moments define me, they're part of my soul,

Oh, time, grant me this plea, make my memories whole.

Denouement- Jaya Mishra

- Part I -

If it didn’t cut your tongue then

perhaps you didn’t say his name properly.

I want to write only about him,

in singularity,

dissociated from everything else, and everyone else.

And the more I think of it

the more I realize that it’s impossible.

Absolutely impossible.

I can’t think of him more than my

Mother’s husband.

I can’t talk of him without talking about my mother.

I can’t talk of his existence without

talking of my mother’s pain.

A good daughter always loves her father more.

The words sit rancid in my mouth –

both –

daughter,

and father.

A good daughter always aspires to be like her father.

A good woman always wants a man like her father.

A woman always suffers like her mother.

- Part II -

The only kind of love I am capable of

is one that stays between my legs.

One which doesn’t involve talking about

childhood, and a future.

One which starts with an itch and ends

in an explosion when clarity re-enters.

One where you pick your pants up from the floor

and leave before the dawn cracks.

One where you touch me everywhere except

for my heart.

- Part III -

“But why?”

Because it’s a choice I can make,

unlike every other ones.

A life is forming in me

more and more every day.

A life that doesn’t have a choice

to be or not to be formed.

Where does one learn to be a mother

when trying desperately to run away from everything that

her own mother is?

“But why don’t you want it?”

because after failing as a daughter,

a sister, a lover, and a friend,

I can choose to not fail

as a mother.

The Rainbow Woman- RISHABH JAJU

His heart dances ; like being in a ballet ,

Your energy for him is like vibrating violet .

His feet stop ; never willing to go ,

Your imagination stretches him to infinite indigo .

His brain freezes ; can’t think of any clue ,

You are an angel for him straight from heavens blue .

His eyes closed ; go into a world serene ,

Your tranquility travels him to woods green .

His lips falter ; like a stammering fellow ,

Your thoughts glow him like a sunflower yellow .

His hands crave ; as a child for a lozenge ,

Your playfulness explores him to dynamic orange .

His feelings speak ; with those words unsaid ,

Your soul rejuvenates him to fire red .

Here’s the princess ; down all the swords bow ,

She’s the woman ; with all colours of the Rainbow !

Advice of your Thought- Varshitha Sigirisetty

I'm your friend, foe

Teacher,every relation

Of yours

Guess who am I?

I make you feel sad,

Happy,every emotion

Of yours

Guess who am I?

I may be good or bad

It may be noon or night

Any time of your clock

Guess who am I?

Ban your struggle,to clear out me

Just escape

However, I'll suffuse in your

Mind habitually

Escape again

Abandon me at infinity,

Be fond of infinite

Thoughts of infinity always gives infinite

bliss.....

Despair- Suraj Rajvanshi

In the world where chivalry is dead and causal is used with relationship,

A tale unfolds of a man and a girl, a story of absolute destruction of a heart,

In the depths of longing and struggle, where dreams were never turned into reality

The man walked the path which was never meant to be his,

On his way he met a girl, destined to sail.

His soul intertwined with her under the moonlight,

But destiny’s decree had a cruel design.

His heart aflame and hands became nimble in her grace,

Asters bloomed at her very smile and moon became dull by her face,

Her black pearled eyes never let any star shine bright.

He proclaimed every sunset and sunflowers on her name,

Every breath that left his body has her name written on it.

He fixed every dying rose with his heart tied by the stem,

Only for her to season him with rain and symphonies,

And hold him by her arms a little more tightly.

But fate’s whimsical hand twisted a knife in his back,

For she, enchanting and fair as yellow, chose a familiar face,

Someone he called his friend, his heart unmanned.

The weight of betrayal, drowned him in the ocean of tears.

Hiding the torment with a mask of positive affirmations,

His hands stopped writing her name in his poems,

Instead bled like a canvas with sorrow and anger.

With no one sight to ignite his heart again,

He grew numb and cold like a picture of a forgotten lover.

He watched them, every touch, every embrace,

He questioned himself, his worth, his might,

Why did she choose another’s comfort, despite

The love he poured forth, pure and true,

An offering of soul, a love imbued?

He fought with the moon and cut the ties with sky,

His heartache concealed in shadows of night,

Why did she choose him, when only he ever wanted was her skin felt on his

While he loved her soul, her essence untamed.

Unconditional love, pious and sincere,

Crushed beneath the weight of pain’s cold sneer.

Yet his wounded heart, unable to move along,

Haunted by the nightmares, through every agony

Still called her name, a flame unyielding.

He wanted to heal from the scars of affection,

But only choke his heart with the hatred,

Bleeding down on papers meant to share in bouquets,

He locked down every note and freckled rose he had,

Into the abyss of his solitude.

Through the sands of time, he shoulders the weight,

Of a heart forever scarred, never to abate.

He carries the torch of his love’s burning light,

A proof to the power of love’s enduring name.

Though the wounds may persist, their sting may cease,

His spirit ascends, embracing newfound peace.

In the echoes of his poems, his heart’s anthem would chime,

An attestation to a love that forever would chant.

So, let this tale serve as a monument to the pain,

Of a man who loved deeply, despite love’s disdain.

For even in the face of the broken dreams,

Love prevails, transcending life’s turbulent streams.

And though he never healed from the wounds of yore,

He found solace in the love he forever endured,

Delved deeper in the sands of despair,

A poet of longing, his words would eternally roar.

श्वेता- Sonali Chaudhary

सुना है तजुर्बा बहुत है तुम्हें

लोगों का घर का परिवार का

और अधूरे प्यार का ॥

सुना है स्याही से खेलने का शौख है तुम्हें

किताबे चेहरे बहुत से पढ़े है तुमने

और उनके बारे में लिखने का भी शौख है

सुना है लिखना है तुम्हें

उन नए शहरो के बारे में

उन नए चेहरों के बारे में

ढूँढा है जिन्मे तुमने हर बार

तुम्हारा वो बिछड़ा यार?

और

सुना है डरती हो तुम

की कही ये श्वेत पन्ना दागी ना हो जाए

कहीं वो प्यार बैरागी ना हो जाए

कही वो अधूरा प्यार,लोग ,घर ,परिवार

स्याही से तुम्हें ना रंग जाए ?

लो अब तुम कुछ सुनो

तुम हो वो अदा जो एक ही बार आइ हो

तुम हो खूबसूरत ,तुम समय की रेत हो

अरे कैसे दागी करेगा कोई अपनी स्याही से तुम्हें

तुम तो खुद श्वेत हो

உன் காலம் வரும்- V. Akshai Kumar

ஆயிரம் தோல்வி வந்தாலும் எழுந்து நில்

ஆயிரம் எதிரிகள் எழுந்தாலும் கடந்து செல்

நீ யார் என்று இந்த உலகம் சொல்லும்

கேட்காதே

நீ யார் என்று உன் மனம் சொல்லும் அதை கேள்

நீ வீழ்வதை பார்த்து சிரிப்பார்கள் கலங்காதே

நீ எழுவதை பார்த்து வியபார்கள்

மயங்காதே

உன்னை இளக்காரமாக பார்த்த கண்கள் உன்னை போற்றும்

உன்னை வேணாம் என்று தூக்கி எறிந்த கைகள்

உன் தொழ தட்டும்

புகழ் உன் வாசல் கதவை தட்டும் போது

அடக்கமாக இரு

வாழ்வில் எவ்ளோ உயிரம் சென்றாலும்

பண்பாக இரு

நீ உயரும் போது உன் குணம் அதை மாறவிடாதே

நீ வீழும் போது உன் வீரம் அதை

கைவிடாதே

ஏன் என்றால்

எதுவும் நிரந்தரம் இல்லை

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