Mirakee
Rose
I see you growing
Through the cracks
In the cemented pathway,
Braving the harsh wind,
And the swirls of snow,
Do they not threaten to
Choke you, make you wither
Away, as they have done to
My heart?
I see you, crimson beauty
In a white landscape, you
Make me believe, there is
Still colour left in the world,
Maybe all won't be dreary
White and grey, ice and smoke,
The colour of impending doom
Because the hues of your resplendence
Will still be here, for me to borrow from
They underestimate the power of hope
The proponents of dark and grey, to think
Of you as only a flower, is a mistake they
Make, nod in agreement with me, won't you?
I see you, envied for your beauty,
They come in packs to hunt you,
Their hands grabbing at you,
They say your fragrance is to blame,
It intoxicates them, but they don't
Understand, your blood red petals,
Aren't blood red in vain, for beneath
The softness lie your thorns, to draw
Blood if they dare to pluck you away
They try again and again to trap you
In a book, crush you in their palm,
Kill you and make it an act of love,
Call you a symbol of their love,
Like they have done to me too,
To be hunted for beauty and killed
In the name of love, does it not
Bother you?
Oh Rose, in your bloom, I learn,
What it is, to be a being of beauty
In a world of voyeurs, to be a
Queen standing her ground, thorns
Out, in a place where all they want
To do is hunt you, so in my chest,
Beats the heart of a rose, and makes
Me both, the beauty that beckons,
Blinds them with her allure, and
The beast that carries their blood
In her claws if they try to steal her
Softness in their selfishness,
In the name of all who fell prey
To them, in the spirit of fearlessness,
In this crusade of sisterhood,
We shall go on, fighting the storms,
Standing tall, let's bloom forever,
Shall we?
©thebhavnasaxena
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thebhavnasaxena
3d
Read MoreRoses have inspired me since I was a little girl and saw my bully fall into a bush of roses and come out carrying scratches in his skin. This is an ode to the flower of my heart.
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thebhavnasaxena
4d
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My hands are cold,
And feet blistered from
The bite of the ice,
I have been walking
Barefoot on this frozen
Landscape, my nails are bloody
As I pushed to claw into the
Ice, trying to make my path uphill,
I was a tree that yielded golden fruit,
Basking in the kiss of sun, my thousand
Leaves thousand lips of velvet to drink
His essence in, now here I am, wondering
Will I see the sun again, there is no
Smoke, but I feel a fire still burning in
My heart, for even when I am without
My leaves and the cruel clouds hide my
Beloved from me, I can still taste him
Even as my mouth goes dry, and bereft,
I wait, dragging myself through this
Age of ice, I wait, fighting this onslaught
Of snow, I wait, I wait for the first bird
To sing, I push my roots through the ice,
And I wait, because the earth and I are same,
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Wearing ice on our skins, we carry a core
Of fire hidden in our depths, I wait, because
In that core is a voice that whispers,
Flowers shall bloom, and the air will
Be heavy with their fragrance, just you wait,
Even in the thick of icy winter,
You must know, Spring is on its way.
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As if from a cursed sleep,
I am waking up, from a
Past fraught with fears
And brimming with pain,
I am rising, like a sapling
Taking root in the mud thrown
Over it to bury it, I have walked
On the shards of my own broken
Heart, and in my flesh I still
Carry scars from where my
Dreams shattered like glass,
But the sun made a promise to
Shine again after the hurricane,
And so did I, there's a hunger
Unfurling in my belly, I am famished,
Shall I pluck stars from the sky
To devour their fire, or make a
Feast of those who had hunted me before?
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thebhavnasaxena
4w
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Sculptor
Mischief lurking behind
Eyes that remind me of
A river of chocolate,
Glistening under the gaze
Of the sun, could I ever forget,
The silent invitation to tread
On the wild side of life,
A speck of calm in the core of
My chaos, your smile, that
I swear, could stun my demons
Into silence for just a moment,
Miles apart, I remember you,
And I hope you remember me,
The girl who was an oxymoron,
Who saw poetry everywhere,
But did you know, she saw in
You, an ethereal piece of art,
A sculptor carrying wounds
From chipping away at obstacles
With his bare hands, and unaware
Of how the sands of time would
Part at his mere touch,
To capture such beauty in her words,
She would fail at in every attempt,
But if you know her, you know,
She would never stop trying,
So, will you let her?
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thebhavnasaxena
4w
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Now
Beyond the words I say,
Tucked somewhere in the
Folds of my unsaid secrets,
Lies a being smouldering,
In my veins, she is the fire
In my core and in the reign
Of the night, in the realms of
Dreams somewhere far away,
She sings to the universe,
Love me wild, let me free,
Love me true, come to me,
Love me now, kiss me deep,
For this moment is infinity,
I don't belong to tomorrows,
I don't need a forever,
Just love me now, always,
Always, each breath I take,
Love me now, that's all I need
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thebhavnasaxena
5w
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A woman in the world of men,
I sigh out aloud; the moon dips
In through my window, she understands,
I sing to her of my sorrows,
Of that feeling of dread filling
My being, whenever I find myself
Walking home alone at twilight,
The river gushes in too, she knows
What it is to be hailed a holy mother
One moment and being defiled in
The next; I tell her, how they have
Forced me to be obedient, silent
And pretty, tried to wrench away
The power I was born with, to birth,
Nurture and destroy civilizations,
They have villified me if I ever dare
To show them, I am not their doll,
But the power of nature concealing
Universes in my skin; the earth
Trembles beneath my feet and I
Feel her sketching on my toes the
Maps of all the places they poisoned
Her in, I know, because they poisoned
Me too, if I ever tried to stand up
To them while they tore apart my
Dreams and hunted me for the
Slightest blow to their plans,
How dare I love myself above
The ideals they have forced down
My throat since I was a little girl?
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The wind whooshes in and whispers
To me, enough of lament, end my
Suffering I must, there is a wild fire,
A majestic power sitting coiled in my
Belly and sharp wings hiding in
My spine, burn their moulds, she tells
Me, and embrace your glory, spread
Your wings, without a care, I am here
For you, she tells me, so are the moon
And the river and the earth, soar sister,
She tells me, soar high up in the sky,
All of nature is your tribe, and in your
Flight, all your sisters shall proudly rejoice.
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thebhavnasaxena
5w
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This is dedicated to food, the genuine comfort that biting into your favourite food provides and for just a few moments, you can feel your troubles vanish and an inexplicable rush of calmness settle upon you. ��
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I had once sipped from
A wishing well, and I can
See, behind the facades,
There are tears left unshed,
Truths left unsaid, love
Fettered in chains, and
Wings clipped for little
Girls with big dreams,
Wishes that died before
They could wear the words
To be whispered to the stars
As they fell from the skies,
I know them all, so I bake
A special cake, love in its
Crust and a centre filled with
The gooey goodness of courage.
I throw open all doors to my little
Shop by the beach, where they come
To share the gaping holes in their
Being with the vast of the sea
Take one bite, just a tiny one,
If you please, I tell them as I
Serve up a ribbon of hope
On a slice of rainbow,
And in their smiles after,
I see, a small miracle
Born in the dark of their storm,
Yet they never suspect,
Love, courage and hope, to
Magic there is a simple recipe.
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thebhavnasaxena
5w
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Sleep
Kiss me feather soft,
A brush of your lips on
My brow, so that I may
Finally wear the tint of
Innocent love on the
Brown of my charred skin,
Hug me fiercely,
Make your passion
Squeeze my heart,
So that the shade of
Grief spills out of my
Eyes, big, fat, black tears,
Let me sit in your arms
Under the midnight sky,
The world all hues of green and
Blue around us, and let me
Cry about the things that
I never got to mourn,
I have been the war, the
Warrior and the battlefield,
Look at my armour of steel,
How it has turned crimson,
Tell me I can strip off my
Armour and bare to you
My deepest wounds, make me
A quilt of your love, softer than
Roses, warm as the sun, yet
White like the moon, and
In your arms, let me sleep
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Mind
The sun is just a yellow dot
In the faraway sky, what can it
Do to warm my skin, when there is
A winterstorm in my heart?
The sea is cold, but even as I
Embrace its waves again and again,
It doesn't give me any solace,
How could it, when my blood is
Wildfire running through my veins?
Garden of Eden, the nectar of heaven,
I have tried them all, but where does
One run to, when one becomes a
Thunderstorm, what is wilder, I
Wonder, is it the world or my mind?
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thebhavnasaxena
7w
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Thousand
If love were the fire
That could burn my
World down, tell me,
Where to find the
Match, I would myself
Put my brimstone heart
Into the flames, and
Wait in agony to be
Consumed, for I have
To know, when I rise
From the ashes, would
I be a phoenix, or a dragon
Who herself breathes fire,
But I know for sure, I will
Be a creature that has known
Magic, and for that, I will
Put my brimstone heart
Into the flames of love,
And wait in agony, to be
Consumed, a thousand times over.
©thebhavnasaxena
