EMBRYONEMESIS

EMBRYONEMESIS

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It was a molecular and chemical event

Where for the first time the egg and sperm met

They developed a bond very strong

Then a fresh new embryo was made

Over time and blastulations

It turned into a fetus of cells

The tissues and organs gradually formed

With the chromosomes determining its genetic fate

In this story there was no chromosome "Y"

It was a double X fetus, a female child

The story could have continued with chapters more

But some morons stopped it at this juncture here

They dont care! The illiterate ones

They can't hear a little heart beat in there

How else could these ruthless psychopaths..

Forget that they were born of a female mother's care?

Nocturnal Psyche

NOCTURNAL PSYCHE

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After a long day of an usual life

The night lullabies you to sleep

And although you rest your flesh and blood

The mind may not be at peace

Physically you lay still and free

But mentally occupied in thoughts

Reflect on the day gone by

Smiling at gains or reminiscing the loss

Then walks in through the doors

Reasons, songs or some poetic rhymes

You keep them to yourself in your mind

The nocturnal creative psyche

Heaps of stuff thus gets stored in there

Some other nights you may again rewind

But when does the sleep overtake?

And when chronicles of dream unwind?

The mystery is yet unsolved to me

As it is…. Dawn already? My wake up time!

ONCE AT SIXTEEN

ONCE AT SIXTEEN
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It was a winter day all cold

I was a teen on my sixteen threshold

Saw you for the first time in a new light

While my friends were cheering our team in a fight

In that geeky battle of wit, facts and whiz

Found myself quizzing my new feelings

The weird feeling of loss although the game we won

Was there as I lost my heart, I gave it to you

The battlefields changed but the game was same

We met few more times again and again

Never got a chance to say a good hello

And it was already a goodbye to that life for a new

A brand new college life was to start

So friends said: “Forget your crush sweetheart! “

School life was over, I had to move on

Away from fantasy and my only dream song!

By some divine mesh, in my second decade

We caught up with each other yet again

This time we strummed the friendship note

But already since sixteen been sailing a loveboat

It was therefore hard to pretend all along

Then I knew it wasn’t a mere crush, not at all!

Gradually, got to know bits and bytes about you

Your humor, talent, your girl and how happy in love are both of you

That was it . . . ! the world had crashed,

It was high time I pulled the plug and went for acoustic bass

Too long I had been blindly swimming in this pool

How could I not see? I’d been such a fool!

My foggy selfishness obscured my sight

Forgot my love was unrequited from one side

Now I know things got to end

Feelings have to be murdered and dreams to be dead

Never ever want you to fall for me . . .

Just because I had feelings for thee

Time and again our paths may cross

But never I’ll confess my pain and remorse

My blank expressions and neutral smile, will give no clue

That once at sixteen I fell in love with you!

BROKEN WINGS

BROKEN WINGS

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However hard I try

Just cannot understand why

Honest! This is no lie

But I’m just not able to fly

Been always the simple and regular type

The burden of expectations heaped on me

By you and people from time to time

Maybe….thats the reason why

 I’m just not able to fly

One day!! I’ll grow my wings, yeah mine!!

And not be just a rebel who voices but sighs

That day I’ll reach my goal in the heights

But till then, I just can’t fly….!

WILL TO LIVE AGAINST DEATH

WILL TO LIVE AGAINST DEATH

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Am I the human I used to be?

Why am I still here?

I keep writhing in this pain

Yet, why am I breathing the air?

I am crying here all broken and hurt

Yet I am not dead (….just like I feared!)

Always knew I had a will power too strong

That would shield my life so dear

My strength and will to live over-powering my body’s wish

Voices are loud, but it is my desperation

That so clearly I can right now hear

And I wonder why I still wish to live!?

That’s when my open eyes shed the one last tear