Author: Sayali Talvelkar

Go round and round in the vicious cycle,
The cycle of comfort,
It gives you familiarity.
The cycle of comfort,
It frees you from growing.
What is the point of the known satisfaction,
When you have never known the happiness of self discovery.
Go round and round in the vicious cycle,
Till you find that cycle all along was you…

Pain is not valid or invalid,
Any kind breaks you.
Struggle is not less or more,
Any kind shakes you.
Who is anyone to judge it,
Don’t you ever let anyone tell you
That your suffering doesn’t counts as others,
Because believe me it does.
The people who are judging
your struggles and pain
‎doesn’t even know a fraction ‎of your story ,
‎And if they can’t walk in your shoes,
‎they sure don’t have a say on what it is to be you.
‎So embrace your pain and be proud of your struggles…

Don’t you ever feel that it’s your fault,
Never in a million year it can be,
As, you have loved self sacrificingly,
You cared when it was not even respected.
Don’t you ever feel that you are not enough,
Never for a blink of eyes,
As you stood up for the love that injured you,
You worked on it even when you were not valued.
I want you to believe me when
I say that you are a treasure,
You are not deserved by the bystanders and the entitled sham,
But you will be earned by a warrior who would fight
To win you, protect you and cherish you…

Roots are deep
The inside is hollow,
The tragedy of this
Is ready to swallow.
In the deep grief
For what it is.
The things that were golden
Are the rusted cores…
-Sylie

Uneasy feeling of losing,
Unbearable moments of goodbyes,
Unusual blowing of wind,
These all are omens of an approaching epoch,
These are the omens of an ending era,
What control do you and me have,
On the changing face of season,
What control do you and me have,
On this transforming affair of mind…

The train of thoughts take me to places,
It is the best expedition and worst vacation.
To the past of this life, it takes me to you,
You ,whom I gave all my love,
You, whom I gave all my care,
But I didn’t know you had other plans,
I didn’t know you had other muses,
Because I was too lovestruck by the feeling of love.
You who took it all and still complained you didn’t have enough,
You,who found love in other places when I was making our home.
I surely was dumbstruck because I didn’t see my worth.
You who criticized the way I love when you never gave a loving glance,
I surely was dumbstruck because I didn’t know what I deserved.
You think I want it all, you think I want you again?
I am past that point if I be honest and I don’t have anything more that I need to experience from you.
I learned that it is important to take stand for myself,
I learned not to love blindly,
I learned to follow my gut feeling,my intuition,
I learned to look for actions rather than the words,
I don’t think I can learn anything more from you,
You used me for your selfish interests but atleast universe brought you and took you for my best interest…

I hoped you would listen when I cried, “Don’t leave me”,
Understand that the people you are leaving me with do bad things to me.
I hoped the earth would take me inside when I suffered alone on a dark lonely night.
I said I want to go hoping you would stop me,
I said leave me alone hoping that you would hug me,
I said I am alright hoping that you would read,
Inbetween the lines that my heart hurts but I want to be alright.
I need to tell you why I behave the way I do?
But I can’t find the words to justify the truth.
I exist in the World but do I need to exist in similar way everyone does?
I exist in the world that is pain and chain,
I live in a world that is blurry and meaningless,
But I wander in a world that is fine and free…

You want to be honest about your view points?
Just be careful who is your audience,
As it is very easy to be honest about your self in front of others,
But it’s tricky when it’s them you are being honest about.
If you want to see their true colors, bring them into spotlight,
You will see shedding of masks, raising of voices .
You will see your honesty biting your behind,
You may see those “close ones” using your vulnerability against you,
Don’t be shocked by it.
Imagine yourself in their shoes;
If you cringe then you deserve them,
If you stay unbiased then this world doesn’t deserves you.. But definitely needs you…