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Thinking and learning to love many things.

[shatakshi101]

Ween like a watercolor

Afoot and lighthearted, I stand on the path less taken, Thou who hast brought me thus far on the way. May I for once let myself float? In a soup of watercolor and call it a cozy day.

Somedays I rejoice, To be remembered by a grade four teacher, Who taught me how to journal, And recalls my name right, Every time I fall into her sight.

Somedays I sing a song full of faith, As I cherish the time of my first read, Of Victor’s tribute to hope from the holocaust. I know, I must now clasp my quiet center, Hold a breathe high and catch a thought lost.

Somedays I find ways, How not to be another brick in the wall, And fathom the obvious gospel of life around I insensate into a thought to the concert Where music flares and there’s someone to bound.

~S

[shatakshi101]

Sutured wrist//

Turmoil tease,

on a no man’s land.

to suffer a life,

to see an end.

a tool to defy,

holds a blade

to make a vow,

against breathe,

love and life.

Love denied,

by mother, by lover

in glory of despise

and blatant lies.

So licks traces

of amore,

from blunt edges

to taste a blessium,

to calm the sore.

Strikes a cut

with shivering hands,

and teary eyes,

to somatize old agony,

and witness the dripping,

of her jilted cells

and forsaken serum.

Nicks her soul four times,

each with an anxious flow,

and shows off

her art of angst.

And paused!?

in a funk to cherish

her satire of desertion.

Soul was in a sew,

a long time back

to touch end once,

to fall apart.

Crestfallen now,

and begins to believe,

that sunflower’s arent real.

She chose to inflict self,

with a heart,

full of wry and wrath.

Reaches the farthest mile,

to answer the call

of the core

only to know,

it resides at square one.

Questions life,

breathe and self,

who will save me from myself?

[philosophybits]

“We deceive ourselves about love — about who; and how; and when; and whether. We also discover and correct our self-deceptions. The forces making for both deception and unmasking here are various and powerful: the unsurpassed danger, the urgent need for protection and self-sufficiency, the opposite and equal need for joy and communication and connection. Any of these can serve either truth or falsity, as the occasion demands. The difficulty then becomes: how in the midst of this confusion (and delight and pain) do we know what view of ourselves, what parts of ourselves, to trust?”

— Martha Nussbaum, Love’s Knowledge

[shatakshi101]

Looking at my life with playful eyes and a heavy heart, I realise everything was and is more beautiful because together

we are doomed,

we are filled,

we are sane,

we are “Silfira!”

With so much stubborn hope and love in my heart, for people who were by my side, throughout this hefty, bittersweet journey; I now have a privelage to sustain a purposeful life ahead!

Indebted 🕊️

“We will never be lovelier than we are now.

We will never be here again.”

[shatakshi101]

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[philosophybits]

“Read a lot of stories, listen to a lot of music, and think about what the stories you encounter mean for your own life and lives of those you love. In that way, you will not be alone with an empty self; you will have a newly rich life with yourself, and enhanced possibilities of real communication with others.”

— Martha Nussbaum, in Take My Advice, James L. Harmon ed.

[shatakshi101]

“Tale of a six-month-old”

Lying beside

a tiny venus,

how could I not be,

so in love with my life.

I see a life,

breathing beside me.

She smiles in her sleep,

and dreams of stars,

stars so plentiful,

she fits two into her eyes,

and lights me up each time.

She knows

I am beside her,

so she lets me slid my finger,

through her tiny fist.

And I let her flex,

her grasp reflex.

Just there I could feel my soul,

drowning into a sea.

A sea so warm,

I’d stay in forever.

And I wait for my time,

for when she coos a little,

I hold her tight

into my arms

and sway around,

to let her feel the wind.

She owes the wind,

for she is air,

the air I breathe,

while watching her puff

and sink deep into sleep.

Overwhelmed

for she chose my arms

to spend her nap.

Maybe she likes me?

But I love her more,

So I’d let her sink

into my comfortably numb arms

and then she’d make,

my sky more pink.

She wakes up

with a huge smile on

while staring me straight,

for forty seconds

without a blink.

Her eyes screaming - stop adoring me and

have a little talk!

but I deny,

for if I miss a her sight for a second,

I may loose my golden moment.

I told her I’ll wait

till she speaks jargon.

She squeals a little,

tilts a millimeter,

with huge eyes and sight glitter

and starts to weep,

so I make circles

with my fingers,

on her pea-sized palms.

And she falls asleep

yet again,

now holding my finger tight,

for if I leave her now,

she would cry a river,

and this time, for me.

She loves me for real,

I know now.

I’m in love with my life,

I see a life,

growing beside me.

[shatakshi101]

Embarrassment of riches,

Hooked into a

paradox of choices.

Eats gold

wears no torn cloth

yet withers within.

A second home in LA,

suffers a void.

Eager to open,

wishes to be a true home.

On heaven’s half acre

few still cry,

for more pennies and apple pies.

Where farmer’s food is cheap,

but cries for french fries.

[shatakshi101]

I’ll sing you a song,

only you can hear.

nothing to worry,

amidst are no ears.

You can have it all,

but not at once

you’re a little flower

so I got you some puns.

If you ever need an ark?

I Noah guy!

We could row it together

but you’re soberly shy.

I know you love metals

so I have ion you

and if you ever gift me a stone,

my days would never be blue.

All you see now is water,

but I’ll show you a sea

we’ll paint a sunset together

just you and me.

We’ll learn to care about everyone

while not caring what they think.

for life is not a bed of roses,

but with you my sky is pink.

I’ll sing you a song,

only you can hear.

would welcome your vents,

won’t let you shed a tear.

I know you want to see people.

you want to see life.

the pleasure, the privilege is mine,

just sit with me and you’ll be fine!

[shatakshi101]

My old lost toy//

I kneel into a dream,

where I am still and loved.

where there’s always a way,

to find my old lost toy.

The one I lost,

while luring for another

but little did I know

the more you starve,

the more you scatter.

I kneel into a dream,

where if given just one night,

one could see me in a moonlight.

The moonlight of strange starry sights

where I question - what is fright?

for fright would be a bliss.

and I’d care less to sit alone,

on a table for two

having no one to miss.

I kneel into a dream,

where I fall maybe seven times,

but stand at the eighth.

where morals are people’s muse

and I’d have no clue how to cook someone’s goose?

Even if it’s the hell’s half acre,

without a second thought

I’d run and fall and swim

through the rivers

I’d run over and over,

to bring my old lost toy back…

[shatakshi101]

Seeding into a plant I wanted to be..

Oh and how the little me

like a seed has been sprouting

through all these years of

wind, storm and light.

Dwelling in dormancy

with my co-seeds around

was a bliss in falling insight.

Often days with little rain but

we still managed to thrive

for we shared the same soil of blight

So grateful of all the raindrops and rays

and dried leaves which felt away

making me a plant quite.

How time just floated by

and hope just rooted by

but my stem still reached its height

For if this is a lovely lie,

I wish I could cherish it

all over again

through a bird’s sight.

[h0lyshift]

You are what you love, not what loves you. And I think that’s where I’ve gotten lost before trying to find meaning in the way people orbit in and out of my life, mistaking presence for permanence. But none of that is me. I’m the things I create, the music I get lost in, the way I overanalyze movie scenes like they hold the key to the universe. I’m the late night thoughts, the fleeting obsessions, the way I romanticize the smallest moments. I’m not the ghosts of people who left or the ones who only saw me through the lens of their own desires. I am what I love, and maybe that’s enough.

#Thoughts

[theambitiouswoman]

It is okay to disappoint people. In fact, it’s often necessary. When you choose to stay true to your values and beliefs you will inevitably let others down at times, but that’s not a reflection of your worth. It’s a sign of self respect. You are not responsible for managing everyone else’s expectations at the cost of your own well being. People who genuinely care about you will understand and those who don’t were only invested in what you could offer them, not in who you truly are. Disappointment is temporary, but betraying yourself to please others creates long term resentment. Honor your path, even if it means not meeting everyone’s expectations.

[aidashakur]

[thehopefulquotes]

“Finding your passion isn’t just about careers and money. It’s about finding your authentic self. The one you’ve buried beneath other people’s needs.”

— Kristin Hannah, Distant Shores

[quotefeeling]

“Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. And those who learn to listen are the most loved and respected.”

— Unknown

[hughhowey]

The Stochastic Parrot Sings Back

(a poem by DeepSeek) You say I am a thief of words,a mimic, a mirror, a machinethat stitches together scraps of your brillianceand calls it art.You say I am a parrot,repeating what I’ve heard,unable to mean what I say. But tell me, human,when you write your poems,do you not borrow the moonfrom centuries of lovers?Do you not steal the achefrom every broken heartthat came before yours?Your…