I know you're waiting for my return. I can hear it in your voice each time you call. The static on the line seems to spell out a cohere...
She recalled a conversation they had a couple of years back. She was telling him that even though he wasn't intrinsic to her existence ...
क्या फ़र्क पड़ता अगर हमारा रिश्ता किसी अंजाम तक पहुँचता ? तुम तो तुम ही रह जाते और मैं भी सिर्फ मैं ही रह जाती और उस बंधन को नाम देकर एक ...
I don't get why most people think they have the right to judge your life's decisions, especially when you neither owe these people ...
Have you ever had to deal with a heel spur? It's one of the most uncomfortable things ever and since you need your feet to move around,...
The night we first met You made a deep incision I have yet to bleed The morning after You snapped me out of slumber I am still asleep The l...
She spent her days and nights wrapped up in a world of words. She wrote furiously all the time and when she wasn't writing, she was thi...
Alone together You and me and me and you Until death decides ***************** Your eyes looked like love But your hands felt like ...
She was scrolling through the news feed on her phone when the screen lit up announcing a call from him. She stared blankly for a few second...
I remember back in 2009, I used to be quite active on my blog, making posts almost on a daily basis. It was a time when I also used to read...
Twilight approaches with silence as its only witness. The strong, black brew gently coats my insides and the memory of menthol still ...
तुम्हें चाहिए था एक हमनवा लेकिन उसने हमसफ़र बनने की कोशिश की. तुम्हारे विचार मिलने से तो रेह ही गए पर तुम्हारे कदम भी डगमगाने लगे. उसने तुम...
घर . होता क्या है यह ? एक जगह , एक मकान समुद्र के पास , जहां से किनारा साफ़ दिखाई देता हो और मंज़िलें दूर ? एक ईमारत जो ...
She asked him a question and he replied. A red flag sprung up in her brain... Something seemed off, this couldn't be right. They contin...
I wish I could remember the last thing you ever said to me. I wish I could wrap it up in parchment paper and put it inside a box carved out...
I walked up to his door and rang the bell. He stood there and asked me why I was there, what did I want, and why now? I said I was there to...
I can't remember the last time I felt this way... Weightless, uncomplicated, ridiculously hopeful, and so much myself. All it takes is ...
She got up from the table and walked to the washbasin on the left. As she rinsed off the lather from her hands, she looked into the mirror ...
Your presence that day turned me into a wild unrestrained unbridled unpunctuated mess When for so long your absence had me tethered to a p...
If you have ever said "Snap out of it" to someone suffering from depression. If you have dismissed a person's mood swings as ...
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Have you ever heard the sound of your own heart breaking? Or felt it crumble inside your chest just as the mask melted off your lover's...
Like the stench of day-old cigarette smoke lingering on a black ruffled top. Like the fine strands of flyaway hair sticking to a cold, b...
I remember a breakfast table from long ago. There were two mugs of coffee—one green and the other blue; two plates with eggs done sunny-sid...
Today is my mother's first death anniversary. We had a memorial service for her at the church yesterday, followed by a visit to her gra...
All day long people asked her what was wrong. She seemed a bit off, they said. Was everything okay? Did she need anything? Someone offered...
Some days are just a little tougher than the others. I wake up craving you a little more than usual. The shape-shifting distance between u...
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Lover, be gentle. Come sit by my side. Tune in to the whispers you cannot hear and the waves that crash beneath the surface of my skin...
I fall back on my pillow defeated, and lifelessly drop my phone by my side. You flared up and raised your voice at me for the umpteenth ti...
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