2021

A piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit in

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Emotions flow like gurgling streams

rushing through my veins like lucid dreams

I am forlorn in these thoughts of mine

Head empty and just living for the divine

Sometimes I feel nothing,

at the same time, I feel everything 

A piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit in

Try as I might 

I easily lose sight 

Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s everyone

maybe this is what we all feel

but try very hard and succeed to conceal

Sometimes the answers’ right there in front of me 

but yet its something I cannot see

Maybe some answers are not meant to be found

and to our fates, we are all bound

Someday the veil shall be lifted

and through this fog, reality will be sifted.

-Niyati Parab

Sometimes I wish for a guide

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Sometimes I wish for a guide

Something by which I could abide

Something that told me whether I was wrong or right

Something that told me whether my future is dark or bright

Wouldn’t life be simpler?

If only it had a bit of structure

Sometimes it’s all too complicated

I wonder if my decisions are good or ill-fated?

Sometimes I wish to see in black and white

Then my thoughts wouldn’t have to frequently fight

Hence, I wish for a guide

Something by which I could abide.

-Niyati Parab

Love & Pain

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Why do we love the ones that hurt us?

Why is it so hard to leave?

Haven’t we learnt our lessons in pain?

Knowing fully well, we have nothing to gain.

For some love is simple, for some it’s complicated

For some it’s a miracle, for some it’s ill fated

For some it’s freedom, for some it’s a cage

For some, it ends quickly, for some in old age

They say we are too young to love

But is it because of age or the wrong one we chose?

For in love there is only one key

If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.

-Niyati Parab

Lessons in Opposites

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We weigh our options in pros and cons

We wonder whether they are right or wrong

We all experience ups and downs

Our faces filled with smiles and frowns

But what if I were to tell you life isn’t black or white

That it is okay to love and lose

You cannot always determine what’s left or right

Sometimes you will be stuck between the dark and light

Whether you are a man or woman

We all have a beginning and end

So just trust yourself within and without

Embrace the slience and the noise

-Niyati Parab

Blue Expanse

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As I walked home from an afternoon class, dripping in buckets of sweats, I merely glanced up for a second and I was struck by the beauty of nature; clear blue skies stretching as far as the eye could see.
One reason I love the skies is that they are the same for everyone; the rich and the poor and nobody can own them. When I look at them my worries and stresses are momentarily forgotten and my mind becomes fresher and clearer.
Recently I downloaded a meditation app, where they gave the example of the mind as the sky and the clouds as the thoughts. Hence, only by our positive thoughts can we steer away from the negative ones and pave the way for clear blue skies.

-Niyati Parab

We owe the planet

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The planet Earth sustains us
Even though we defile it with chemicals
And manmade disasters
It rallies up and takes care of us
We owe the planet
We are temporary
We are in passing
But the soil we live on is perennial
And we share it with other organisms
So it is our duty to respect it
And sustain it back
For the future generations
And as soldiers of a better humanity 

–Niyati Parab

Image credit: Adobe Stock/Alexandr Bakanov

We are in passing but the soil we live on is perennial