Strange it is that despite knowing we may not need or cannot keep all the things we go on collecting. I for once, collect books, plants, fabrics, pens, stationery, shoes, tissues, glass bottles and a lot of colorful papers. Poems’ screenshots, quotes screenshot, beautiful scenery, videos/reels/posts saved on social media. Bookmarking hundreds of websites on chrome browser. A lot of quotes here on YQ.
I keep falling in love now and again after acquiring what catches my heart. And I have shaken hands with detachment often over a lot of things and people. I’d forgive someone who is ignorant. Me- knowing and yet not practising - accepting with strangeness of human nature.

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I don’t want to fall in love.
I want to enter it by choice, have my space,
and get to choose so I can be happy there.

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Yes, I am an over-thinker. Double checking locks before leaving house, cross checking audio/video disabled on Zoom, going through the same mail fifteen times before sending and five times even after sending it, tasting food in-prep if I already added salt or missed. No, life is not easy. The only solace is I err on the side of caution than making overconfident mistakes. There’s at least no regret of not being careful.

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Own yourself.
Your mistakes, your success.
Your desires, your power.
Your grace, your view.
Own you.

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Paying attention to every minute detail leads to the lack of attention at the bigger event. The ones which are really important. It's like a pipe leaked, sprinkling water to weed before it reaches a garden and has less supply for it.

The compassionate ones are often drained of energy.

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Boundaries protect us hence we add fences.
But they themselves are not enough.
Add repellents too for better guards.

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like hanging a golden star at the terrace. Always inspiring, always prompting.
But then, you have to be on the terrace else you lose its track. And when it’s dark sky you end up losing it.

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We are born this way
or brought up, eh, girls?
Care is our second name.
Care is as natural as
washing long hair and
towel-drying it
while half of the other world
has no clue how they'd do it.

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लोग सहसा पेड़ की ऊंचाई और तुफान से लड़ने की ताकद देखते है पर सच तो यह है की लताएं अक्सर पेड़ोंसे लंबी भी होती है और सख्त भी। नाजूक फुलोंका सौंदर्य और तरबूज जैसै फलो को संभालना किसी एक पेड़ के बस की बात नहीं।

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Acceptance looks like
a wound healed, yet tender
a finger poked hurts a little
in a good way
with a scar forming

Acceptance sounds like
a tree standing in noon light
looking at the whirlpool
of shedded leaves

Acceptance sticks like
tears dried long back ago
in their trenches
on the cheeks
of the brave little girl...

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