Unnamed

i was born abruptly
long before i was conceived
a lie,hated,lived
eventually believed...

© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010

The Best Revenge

The world has hurt me
bit and ripped me apart
i have bled enough already
nothing's left of this heart

i have had a wound carved
bold in every loved one's name
but it is only now that i understand
the twisted rules of this vicious game

there's no more monstrous anger
that i desire to lash out
i shall save it for my parched pride
to feed and dissolve all self-doubts

i shall remove
every torn memory long saved
soothe it with peace risen from its ashes
and bury it in its righteous grave

so this is my best revenge
if i brush past any long lost painful deed
i will sing out the songs sprung from my deepest anguish
smile,walk by,unblemished and freed.


© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010

Call to me...

i can feel your warm caress
losing me to your wilderness
i can hear you in my breath
filling me through my emptyness

call to me
when the sun goes down
my longing dances to your sound
call to me
when the night is new
i wait my love
i wait for you...


© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010

Same

i cant translate straight lines somehow
i like to take a detour
in my eyes,getting lost
is the single best way to explore

you like your life mapped out
a blueprint designed with someone else's ink
you'd rather stagnate than alter situations
till they drive you to your brink

i'm different,you're indifferent
but we're really quite the same
suspicious of change,slaves to our fears
equally helpless,mere pawns in the bigger game.


© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010

War within...

i nudge away the future
i get drawn to the past
i forget,nothing waits
that nothing ever lasts

vapours of clarity
spill into the palette of doubts
i fear the very people
i cannot do without

By now,i dont mind losing
no longer do i care to win
just hope for the hush of tranquility
to prevail upon the war within...


© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010

Unison

As i ache for you
in the glowing rain
i kneel down and pray
so i may somehow keep sane

does it even matter
what anyone says
i know you exist
i know its me you await

to take someplace surreal
a blunder of creation
somewhere along the  horizon
of reality and imagination

i feel you stirring at the pit of my stomach
as my voice rises from my lips
i feel you breathing in my womb
as my hands carve out the words you let slip

come tear me apart
wrench out the world i once knew
drain every drop of me
leave no molecule unflooded with you

hurt me enough for me to drown in peace
love me enough for me to yearn to die
tempt me to want to make my mistake again
as i stand proud in the face of the greatest lie

lets celebrate our tragedy
lets grieve to our fragility,undeterred
lets dance to the music of our unison
one, that will never be heard.......


© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010

Perfect

He was always the blue eyed boy
to my awestruck eyes

He was the winner before the battles began

none to my surprise

everything he touched 

turned into gold

try to be like him 

i was told

i couldnt understand

things simply complying

opportunities falling into his lap

without him seemingly trying

i was sure his lucky streak

would go on forever

till i saw his world spin

one fine day,altogether

i had been foolish

i had been blind

comparing our diverse fates 

thus being unkind

i realised life takes just a mini second

from its apparently sureshot path to deflect

i realised no one's life

can ever be Perfect!

© Dr. Manvi Gupta 2010