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            <title><![CDATA[Planets]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 16:51:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Poetry</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*2Sno38f2dz6ylxaA" /><figcaption>Photo by David Menidrey on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>Oh planets!!</p><p>All philosophies<br>All assumptions<br>Are baseless but<br>It is true that in the world<br>There is no substitute for<br>A favorite person</p><p>Those who hug and cry<br>Are not given advice</p><p>From the frightened faces<br>Don&#39;t ask<br>How many deserts have been crossed</p><p>Withered lips do not hold the good news of spring</p><p>Those who sleep and wake up untimely<br>Do not understand the hours of the day</p><p>The interpretation of dreams of unripe sleep is not found</p><p>Those who suffer separation without guilt in love<br>Are still searching for the answer<br>Who started the breakup?!!<br>Who established its principles?<br>Who trampled on the laws of love?<br>What section of the law applies to the unfaithful?<br>Why is there no code of conduct for love?<br>Why<br>Its constitution is made from the pain of lovers!!</p><h3>Thanks for reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=9c397c7e7582" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[How can I hide the secret of sorrow]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 16:43:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*mb1ERXnO0jbkEvkJ" /><figcaption>Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>How can I hide the secret of sorrow, what should I do with wet eyes?<br>What should I do with the heart&#39;s burning, what should I do with the liver&#39;s burning?</p><p>Although the stranger is a companion, he is beautiful in the gathering<br>Then he took me there again, what should I do with the delight of seeing?</p><p>Where is the uproar of love, and where is my simplicity<br>What should I say to your beauty, what should I do with my gaze?</p><p>Let not grief pass through the heart, let the night of union pass like this<br>All this is acceptable, but what should I do with the fear of dawn?</p><p>When my condition was worse, you were not aware<br>After death, the effect happened, now what should I do with the effect?</p><p>He extinguished the desire of the heart, he showed their glimpse<br>But say, what should I do with the &quot;encore&quot; of desire?</p><p>I did not find any connoisseur of your eloquent desire<br>Now tell me what should I do with your presentation of skill?</p><h3>Thank you for reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=88baf86d95e5" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[International Labour Day]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 07:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*WHASUGRjuMSscu0b" /><figcaption>Photo by Anurag Gautam on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><h4>Poetry</h4><p>Have you ever thought about the thoughts that arise<br>From the softest cells of our minds?<br>They transform into imagination,<br>Flowing through arteries and veins,<br>Reaching every corner of our bodies.</p><p>Clenching our fists tightly,<br>We grasp the pen between our fingers,<br>Pressing our thumbs into the pads of our fingers,<br>And write a piece of literature.</p><p>We sit in a comfortable chair,<br>No pickaxe in our hands,<br>No bricks on our heads,<br>Yet we go through such a labor of creation.<br>Our bodies don&#39;t tire,<br>But our hearts do get weary.</p><p>All the writers in the world,<br>Say the same thing, even when they are exhausted:<br>&quot;We are laborers!&quot;<br>&quot;We are laborers!!&quot;</p><h3>Thanks for reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=a417e6bf5d95" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[For Whom, You’re Getting your Hair Done?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 03:43:49 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-05-01T03:43:49.784Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Poetry</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*NBWymV4kgah_xiKk" /><figcaption>Photo by Ayo Ogunseinde on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>Nasir goes around saying, &quot;It&#39;s better not to listen to anything&quot;<br>It&#39;s better not to get involved with a madman&#39;s words</p><p>What was yesterday is not today, what is today will be gone tomorrow<br>If you get simple food, be grateful</p><p>Tomorrow there will be no more strength, the blood will cool down<br>For God&#39;s sake, young man, do something while you can</p><p>Who knows what the season will change, there is no certainty of circumstances<br>It&#39;s better if you join us on this journey</p><p>Where are you going dressed up and with your hair done, for whom?<br>The night is very dark, dear, it’s better to stay at home</p><h3>Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed it</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=6017bf496738" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Learn To Be Happy With What You Have.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 03:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-04-30T03:13:48.067Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/526/1*OQkkQr1NbmVplfBXZc2ntg.jpeg" /><figcaption>Picture courtesy: Pinterest</figcaption></figure><p>Bertrand Russell once said that an &#39;unhappy person&#39; generally carries a lot of deprivations in their personality from childhood or early life. These deprivations are such that could have been easily obtained but were not, such as love, attention, security, basic necessities, etc. As a result, when they reach a certain stage in life, or as soon as they step on the first rung of independence, they waste their lives in pursuit of the very things that they could never get, and this exhausting effort deprives them of other sources of happiness around them.</p><p>Since the &#39;achievement of happiness&#39; has shifted from central to secondary goal, deprivation remains where it is, as he was neither happy in the past nor is he happy in the present.</p><blockquote>This is the reason why a majority of unhappy people are found in our society. You will see seemingly smiling faces, but there is a void inside that can never be filled.</blockquote><p>Let go of what you couldn&#39;t get in the past, learn to be happy with what you have.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=8cd7e80b9d03" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Our tears will fix your fate]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*qO3y1yCx6l6TVUai" /><figcaption>Photo by KS KYUNG on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>Flowers are filled with colors, the new spring breeze blows<br>Come on, let&#39;s go, so that the business of the garden can go on</p><p>The cage is sad, friends, say something to the morning breeze<br>May the mention of the beloved be heard today, for God&#39;s sake</p><p>Sometimes the morning starts from the corner of your lips<br>Sometimes the night is fragrant with your hair</p><p>This poor heart has a great relationship with pain<br>Mourners will come in your name</p><p>What has passed has passed, but the night of separation<br>Our tears will fix your fate</p><p>No path seemed right<br>If he leaves the alley of the beloved, he goes towards the gallows</p><p>Thanks for reading</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=e95ff112b94d" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pain pierces me like a touchstone every day]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:19:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-04-28T08:19:36.461Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Poetry</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*4jGIUpu0-oLwaEB_" /><figcaption>Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>Pages of an open book keep turning<br>Days keep changing, whether the wind blows or not</p><p>There is only one destination, fear, and nothing else<br>As we keep climbing and descending a few stairs</p><p>Pain pierces me like a touchstone every day<br>As the stitches of the body come undone from the soul</p><p>No place in the desert has ever stopped<br>As the mounds slip from under our feet</p><p>These are loaves of bread, coins, and circles<br>They catch each other throughout the day</p><p>The eyes are filled with such fragments of the night<br>When there is light, we blink our eyes</p><h3>Thanks For Reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=5a04386aaaa6" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[You will weep]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Poetry</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*W8oN9fWF4ORT5x2Q" /><figcaption>Photo by Louis Galvez on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>If you lean against them, you will weep<br>Whenever you dress up to meet someone,<br>You will weep</p><p>Your promises, my friend, have ruined me<br>In such a way</p><p>That if you betray someone again in life<br>You will weep</p><p>I know my love<br>Will also devastate you in such a way</p><p>That on moonlit nights, now if you meet someone<br>You will weep</p><p>Remember in the pouring rain<br>My eyes will torment you</p><p>Whenever you pray at the shrine of a saint<br>You will weep</p><h3>Thanks for reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=a77025ad47c7" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[To those whose sorrow I couldn’t share, I apologize]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-04-27T18:36:40.347Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Poetry</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*JR5RHb0cD8HBeapv" /><figcaption>Photo by Joe Pearson on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>To those whose sorrow I couldn&#39;t share, I apologize<br>To those I couldn&#39;t be of service to, I apologize</p><p>The sick who longed for my arrival<br>I couldn&#39;t go to them, I apologize.</p><p>I&#39;m ashamed that my shoulders couldn&#39;t bear the burden<br>To those whose coffins I couldn&#39;t lift, I apologize</p><p>From where they departed without meeting me<br>Those I couldn&#39;t embrace, I apologize</p><p>They are truly dear to me, heart and soul<br>To those I couldn’t tell yet, I apologize</p><h3>Thanks for Reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=c440ad99de78" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Till The Last Breath, We Wept]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:34:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Poetry</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*n6HyBX3n-_DtAF6I" /><figcaption>Photo by Ilya Ignatiev on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p>Clinging to the crumbling wall of the heart, we wept,<br>For flowers were not found, we wept against the thorns.</p><p>A building was constructed by the people of the world,<br>Seeing it fall, all wept, clinging to the architect.</p><p>We regretted leaving your lane,<br>Among the residents of the lane, two or four also wept.</p><p>We went to the market with the desire to sell ourselves,<br>At the act of self-selling, the buyer wept.</p><p>Those who came also shed tears on the corpse,<br>Those who were ours wept, clinging to the mourners.</p><p>There came a moment when we wept a lot,<br>The beloved of the heart had left, so we wept, clinging to the sweetheart.</p><p>We know nothing about you,<br>We just sit, weeping near your court.</p><p>The company of the beloved was not found, when we did,<br>All passersby wept, clinging to strangers.</p><p>The righteous finally turned away from us,<br>We sinners, wept, clinging to the sinner.</p><p>He embraced me and stabbed a dagger in my back,<br>Till the last breath, we wept, clinging to the traitor.</p><h3>Thanks for Reading</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=5289f1a1e3d1" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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