Quotes and poetry by inksoakedsoul

Hello everyone! I'm back. =)

Here's a dark and heavy piece of poetry to jog your brains. Please tell me what you interpreted from it and if you liked it. (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

I took a break for a while.
Pandemic has forced us all into a break anyway, whether we wanted one or not, right?
How have you all been? I hope in this time of testing you're all safe and sound, healthy and happy.

Let's all hold on to the hope that everything will get better eventually. ♡

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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Skin & Bones

Skin and bones I am.
Pieces in pieces, undead under pretence.
Seeking felicity in stolen moments and my faltering steps.
Jaded, dull and hollow I've become on heavenly behest.
Skin and bones I wasn't.
Skin and bones I've become.
To this hidden routine ache I might soon succomb.
Until and if that night arrives,
I wish my skin and bones can merely survive if not thrive.
-Megha Bhartiya ; InkSoakedSoul
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Here's the third and final piece - Healed - of the three piece poem collection telling a story.

The collection is now complete, please read together and in sequence - Hurt, Healing & Healed to enjoy!

I hope you guys liked it! (◍•ᴗ•◍)

Feel free to drop your views below! I'd love to hear from you guys.

It's my blog's - InkSoakedSoul - 2nd year anniversary as well, so make sure you check it out and give me some feedback. The link is in my bio.

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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Healed

Smooth skin and bright eyes.
Healthy head and white lies.
The past is long gone and I feel free.
Time has now let me be.
A smile on my face and a precious sense of peace,
I realize ;
I'm healed and happy.
-Megha Bhartiya ; InkSoakedSoul
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Here's the second piece - Healing - of the three piece poem collection telling a story.

If you've read the first and are then reading this then you'll start to notice the theme and the underlying pattern I talked about in the first one.

Do you see it? ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

I hope you like it! Feel free to drop your views in the comments!

Today also marks my blog's - InkSoakedSoul - 2nd year anniversary so be sure to check it out and leave me some feedback. The link to my blog is in the bio.

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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Healing

Sensitive skin and puffy red eyes.
Headaches and loud cries.
The bitter moments are buried in past,
The pain is ebbing away at last.
A prescription in my hand and a hope to gain,
I realize ;
I'm healing and not in pain.
-Megha Bhartiya ; InkSoakedSoul
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I am used to writing long pieces. Once I sit to write, I either tend to finish up with a really long composition or a blank sheet .

I've been wanting to write smaller pieces lately. This way, I can test my skills with word limits.
So here's a series of three piece poem collection telling a story.

This is the first piece ; Hurt.

All the three pieces have an underlying theme and pattern that's constant, and together they narrate a story.

Tell me what you think about it!

The next two pieces are coming right up. (◍•ᴗ•◍)

Today also marks my blog's - InkSoakedSoul - 2nd year anniversary. I'll be posting lots of poems and compositions here to mark it's birthday. Be sure to check it out and leave your views on the comments!
The link to my blog is in my bio.

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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Hurt

Sweaty skin and teary eyes.
Heavy head and loud lies.
Mind clouded with the words that surround me.
Overthinking would never let me be.
I'm empty handed with nothing to gain,
And I realize ;
I'm hurt and in pain.
-Megha Bhartiya ; InkSoakedSoul
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This is a snippet from a personal piece I recently shared on my blog ( link in my bio ).
It's one of the pieces I'm most proud of, because I wrote it in one sitting without editing, and it's filled with many metaphors. It's a very raw and honest piece.

I'd really love for you to check it out and tell me your views in the comments!
And tell me : What's the piece you're most proud of?
Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul. ��

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Nimbostratus | 12 metres and 17 metres per second

"But tonight, blanketed in the starry night sky,
Bathing in the pearly moonlight.
My metamorphosis ends at nimbostratus.

The cold wind is my birth mother,
So I let her cradle me completely.
17 metres per second.
12 metres away."
-Megha Bhartiya, InkSoakedSoul
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This is a snippet from the poem "I am" that I've written that is scheduled to be posted soon on my blog.
I'd love to hear your views about it, so make sure you check it out! :)

The link to my blog is in my bio, feel free to visit and leave your thoughts in the comments. =)

I have perpetually been inspired to write such a piece but the need to realize this motivation immediately was triggered by a song I dearly love and heard after a very long time.

The Score - Who I am

If you're ever free to explore new music, I'd be really happy if you gave this piece a chance.
It's a song that literally no one would not be able to relate to. It's impossible to not fall in love with the lyrics and the way they'll call to you.

So tell me: Who are you?
Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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I am

I am not where I live.
I am not what I see.
I am what I believe in.
I am what I want to be.

-Megha Bhartiya, InkSoakedSoul
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This poem is for all the locks that are set on our hearts, the ones we can't touch or see, but know they exist.

I've often read about people attempting to bring others' walls down in order to bond with them, and I've always wondered :
"If there's a wall, there must be a door, right?"

It was an innocent, immature and incorrect thought of mine when I first had it. It came with the wind and went away and I'd never thought on it with depth, but when I wrote this piece, it was at the back of my head.
I do not think breaking down someone's walls is always the best way to reach out to a reserved person.They've put them up not just for you, but for the world. It isn't just for their isolation or comfort, it's also for their safety and protection.

To shatter this protective barrier completely is to leave someone you care about as vulnerable. Instead, look for the words and actions that open the door to their heart. A bridge to open them up just for you to see and cherish, just for you to nurture and grow with.

Your intentions, your words and your actions might just be the key to an unbreakable and joyful tether, a key to a lock unembodied, and in your journey you might just help that someone grow and be happy.

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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I Found a Key

I found a key,
But it won't open anything for me.
No treasure chest, locker or safe.
It was a key for everything and nothing all the same.

I found a key,
And now I can't find its lock.
Maybe someone's found the lock and can't find the key.
Why? Because it is with me.
Useful together and useless apart.
Such painful beauty lies in this paradox.

I found a key,
And I was eager to bid it adieu.
But that was me until I met you.
Because then I realized I held the key to your laughter, love and peace.
Things that are much more important than a treasure chest buried beneath my feet.

Turns out keys are valuable without their counterparts too.
A lock doesn't have to be tangible for it to exist and be true.
-Megha Bhartiya, InkSoakedSoul
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A 'xeriscape' is a garden made with little irrigation in arid regions. It requires much less maintenence than other gardens.

With lesser efforts and lesser maintenance, a xeriscape grows the way it wants to once you've planted it. You sow the seeds, sit back and watch. It brings itself to life gradually and independently, a reflection of survival in the deserts ; beauty can be effortless, authentic and natural. They are raw and contained, never overbearing. Even the smallest of flowers and leaves that surround you there will be a delight like nothing else.

A 'xeriscape' to me is a reflection of one's start.
One sows the seeds with a painting in mind, whether the nature paints the same picture or not is uncertain and unpredictable. To me, the xeriscape is a metaphor for the journey between the intention that one has at heart and what the other person ultimately understands.
What is it to you?

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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My Xeriscape

Let me guide you through my xeriscape,
Where we can walk on the dew dripping grass.
Watching how the plants take shape,
We'll gambol down the narrowing path.

There will be flowers all around,
And the air will have the scent of wilderness.
Where the humming of birds is the only sound,
And your heart is brimming with elation and nothing less.

Atop my childhood friend ; my maple tree is where,
We'll build our own little tree house,
And from its window we'll have the seashore to look upon.
While we sit on its branches with our feet dangling,
I'll make sure to play you your favourite song.

And at the end of each day when we'll see the sun setting at the horizon spraying the sky with different hues of heat.
I'll let your head rest on my shoulder and wrapped in a blanket of soft leaves,
We'll cuddle together and fall asleep.
-Megha Bhartiya, InkSoakedSoul
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With the winter winds comes a shift in the lives of the plants and animals around us. The life ebbs aways from them, activity ceases and noises stop.
But with the winter comes a new dawn, a blank white canvas of fresh snow to paint your dreams upon.

So don't be too late to pick up the brush and paint. Even as the cold binds your body, it shouldn't bind your heart.

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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Winter Winds

The autumn leaves have fallen.
The winter winds blow.
Oh, the cold white veils the things I see.
The clock stops, time ceases ; and nothing moves or grows.

The cold chills my bones
The snow burns my skin.
The winter holds me in its grips,
So I cuddle myself and hide within.

I watch my dreams drip like snowflakes from the sky.
Melting away from my touch when I try.
If only the warmth was here,
If only these cold metal shackles weren't there.
Maybe my dreams would then vaporize and fly.

But something about being bound,
in this warmthless hold of nature is serene.
Even as life ceases superficially,
It continues to grow within.

But right here in this moment,
I stand and smile at the white sight.
I wonder what's to be done in this frost .
Do you know?
For the autumn leaves have fallen.
And the winter winds blow.
-Megha Bhartiya, InkSoakedSoul
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One isn't always either ecstatic or depressed. There are these faded feelings in between the extremes, the euphoria, the joy, the contentment and the calm. There's the indifference and the discomfort, the sadness and the hurt. The pain and the agony.

These are feelings that demand to be felt and to be expressed the way they are, exaggeration is an injustice to the essence they hold.
And in the truest sense, their temporary existence is what is to be felt, cherished and struggled through.
They're temporary, so remember that once you've gone through, you'll come out just fine.

Let's chat up! =)
-M.B, InkSoakedSoul ��

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I'm Sad

I'm sad.
No, not depressed.
No, not moody.
Just sad.
As shallow and as deep as that. As casual and as frequent as that. As painful and as lovely as that. As dangerous and as calming as that.
I'm sad, not more and not less.
I'm sad, not was and not will be ; I am.
I'm sad and as real as that.
-Megha Bhartiya ; InkSoakedSoul
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