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Euphoric Emptiness by Manav Chordia
Addicted
Assuming you don’t have a name
Dearest is what I’d be calling you
Disturbed by your sensitive touch
Etched in my life with tools of love
Resting my bloodshot eyes on you
All things tinted in a hue of happy
Love isn’t a good enough high
Luckily life wasn’t worth it without it.
Antigone: Box to Smile
Always ready to fight
Nearing the loveless end
Yearning her glorious light,
And stuck in between a bend.
All she wanted was justice,
Her only concern was the law.
Assaulting her for things untold and untrue,
Loving someone was never a crime.
Yet she was the one with a fatal flaw,
And the truth would only come with time.
Goodbye
Rarely surpassing the clouds
Against the winds unblown
Howling my breath away loud
Underneath the earth torn
Love is always worth to be proud of.
Deployed
Due to inconveniences, you die.
Although you aren’t right, I shall cry.
Nobody can, shall or will replace you.
I can’t see eye to eye, but I love you.
Everything ends. So, would we, sunshine.
Let’s cross fingers and hope you’ll be mine.
Truth
I don’t know who I am.
All I have known is that I love you,
More than I love myself I think …
The air around us always turns pink,
I wish the fact you love me is true,
Or else I might just – bam.
I wish not to, cause you’re my everything.
My reason to exist and to end,
I’d love you even after the wrecking
I just want you here to make a bend
To choose me and to love me
I’d be alright even if you say no
But do let me know
Cause in love with you, I shall always be.
