I wanted peace, they gave me silence.
ANANYA BHASKAR
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Her aura was warm and I was a naive sunflower, leaning towards her.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar You can see heaven or earth in her pupils when she’s smiling, and happy for real.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar I hope my poem touches your soul and tickles your feet. As it is a river, river of my molten heartbeats.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Death is the mercy of life on us.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Let me be a poem freely hung in your diary. Like the moon, on the night sky.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Your eyes looking into mine, this is how two eclipses collide.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Darling, do not teach your stars to shine. Teach them how to embrace the darkness.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar He’s shy, he talks to her only. She’s bold, she listens to him only.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar She’s never silent, you can always listen her soul speaking the tongue of poetry.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar She is handpicked by nature to bleed. Look, how she makes pain bow down and plead.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Once the sky dreamt of kissing the earth and everyone called it horizon.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar I hope this pain never eases and these wounds never heal. That’s how you keep lingering in scars, underneath my skin.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Night is a song, moon and sad people can sing along.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Worship her for the way she rolls her sleeves up and hums the silence of healing.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Poetry is an eulogy, sung for hope and love.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Rest your head on his shoulder more often. Earth blushes when a snowflake gently dozes off on it.
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Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
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