Guilty

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Zilch

Zillions in pockets,
pretty much zero in hearts, 
zombielike ratrace.

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Yesterdays and yonder

With yesterdays gone,
now and yonder's all you have,
yeasayers yap.

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Vulnerable

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Xanadu

Xeric summer winds,
xenoliths yearn xanadu,
for xylem as well.

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Wizardly words

Wanderlust of quill,
words woven in poetry,
wizardly powers.

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Vernal

Verdant vestiges,
vanishing vernal visions,
vex the vasculars.

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Unsaid

Mute undercurrents,
oft underestimated,
until the tides rise.

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Evolution

The missing alphabet.

Can you spot it?

Give it a strong trial.

Another one, may be.

Keep trying until you wear out.

Perchance, it foregathers.

Such an inconsequential search!

Isn’t it?

When the sentences,

are complete in themselves;

when what you are writing,

is making sense;

when script is comprehensive,

inclusive as well;

the missing alphabet becomes irrelevant.

There are other options to fill in,

plenty of them,

the substitutes being better too, at times.

Plus when replacements waver,

remember the maxim,

necessity is the mother of all inventions,

to craft fresh concepts.

Law of survival.

Life at a glance.

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The question

Temptations galore,
teasing temporal affairs,
to give in or not.


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Subtly

Simple small pleasures,
sedation in subtlety,
some magic at work.

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Ramblings

Rhapsody resounds, 
resonating for eons, 
what'll be your echo?

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Queer

The queer querying,
quintessential element,
stormy quietude.

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Picture perfect

Picture perfect charm, 
pure and pristine prettiness, 
walking down the aisle.

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Oratory

The occult orates,
the overt oblivion,
often off-target. 

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Distance

It had been a while.
We met.
And you asked me how I was doing.
A cliché question, one liner.
But the answer?
It could run in paragraphs,
if not pages.
Reluctant, hesitant, where to begin,
I too contained myself,
in a one liner:
the familiar
“Am doing fine” reply,
Anticipating that you would hear more
than what I spoke.
Like always.
Crisp covert answer
to an overt inquest.
Only, you believed me.
The ripe delicacy
with which the silence hung between us;
the superficial small talk;
the raw distance that had grown;
and the sudden,
acute and abrupt realization.

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Naïve neophyte

Naïve neophyte,
nano-sized brittle nursling,
laugh envelopes all.

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Marriageable

Mother's pride, dad's love, 
magnificent bride to be, 
jewel at altar.

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Lilting zest

Life simply happens. 
Lilting, lingering zest like. 
Luckily, by chance.

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Kinsmen

Keen ties of kindred,
knitted blood knots that run deep,
kinsfolk and our tribe.

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Jovial jibes

Jocund jestering, 
Jovial jibes juxtaposed 
jerried, life's like that.

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Intricate

Deep intuitions,
intricate intimacies,
interwoven web.

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Hers

Haiku, harmony.
Even half-rhyme. Hers. All hers.
Honest heartfelt verse.

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Gift of grinning

The gift of grinning,
gala glimmery grandeur,
the good foreboding.

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Friends

Friends forevermore
festive fervour in the air, 
our extended tribe.

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Oh! I wish

As this day rises,
may joys accompany you,
in your journey.
May you rejoice,
in simplest pleasures,
that surround you,
all the time.
May you find,
the beauty,
of life and of living:
in the stray leaf,
that flutters,
in the lap of gentle winds;
in the rays of early sun,
that play peek-a-boo;
in the songbird that nestles,
on the window sill,
weaving tiny twigs together;
in that wildflower spring bloom;
in the rejuvenating morning walks;
in the leisurely evening saunters;
in the exhilarating
first gush of cool breeze;
in the salvation
of clear spring water;
in the thrill
of spotting constellations
in that polka-dotted blanket of night;
in the youth of hatching eggs.
Yes! They are there,
such fragments,
such basic ingredients,
and they,
are all beautiful.
May these be your rewards
this day and ever.
Oh! I wish.

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Elegance

Modish elegance,
flawless no make-up nude look,
ethnic smile adorns.

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Depth

Deep dark secrets sunk,
disguised in dead of the night
dare to delve deeper

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Cousin connection

Casual outings,
unplanned dinners on the go,
the cousins connect.

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Blithesome birds

Their buoyant spirits,
Cousins by chance, friends by choice
Merry blithesome birds.

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Affable

Your wild laughter rings.
Affable charm, my heart screams.
Juvenile tidbits.

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