My Side of the Spectrum

My optimism was often frowned upon

The world is cold and cruel they went on

If you let your guard down, they said

Into spirals of doom you shall be lead

Take off those rose-tinted glares

Look around at all this despair

Do you think this is a dream?

Can’t you hear the reality scream?

You say the world is getting darker

While it unites in prayer when times get harder

Why do you want the uproar to pause

When all our hearts beat for a cause?

Why do you want to close your eyes

To opening minds and breaking ties?

Yes, there’s a difference between what you and I see

As two rivers merge into the sea,

While you see their end, I see two lovers finally meet

It’s easy to give up in view of the apocalypse

To let a magical prayer, die on your lips

When the darkness caves in on you

Be the spark that ignites hope anew

My world is not much different from yours

I believe love will triumph and win wars

You’re right, I haven’t seen all the bad in this world

But I have seen the good, and it’s worth fighting for.      

~Kudos ☆

I unbecame.

The dread of turning 18 and a sense of not having accomplished enough, poured on paper the words that describe how accomplishments meant becoming more human and unbecoming anything less than that.

Like waves of the ocean
I soared up and crashed
I made the sky cry
I softened the shores
I am deep as the trenches
I am simplistic as the upper ripples
I am water
Here's to me and my lunar dance

Like rocks of the mountain
I was a boulder to some and to some an obstacle
I was broken and eroded
I was put back new with old strange pieces
I nurtured the flowers
I made the world shake
I am earth
Here's to me and the Springs I bore

Like winds of change
I started a storm and cooled the Summers
I brought in clouds
I moved them again to leave rainbows behind
I lifted the dreamers
I spread fires
I am air
Here's to me and the breaths I behold

Like flames of the sun
I spread light and scorched lands
I burnt myself in love
I exploded at the tenderest of beings I ignited passion
I rekindled hope
I am fire
Here's to me and my bonfire that warms the songs around me.

Here's to the starry night that inhabits my heart
Here's to the sunsets that drowned in my tears
Here's to the laughters that like music breeze in and out my ears
Here's to the skins that touched my soul
Here's to the smiles to stay and the tears to leave

Here's to being, to being me.

~kudos.
This is Forever. <3

Always.

It's friendship's day and for the first time in my entire life, I feel no excitement regarding it. For whom shall I buy friendship bands? We are all so far away from each other. School has ended, but those most precious memories stay tightly bound to my heart. So I decided that no matter what the distance, all my favorite idiots must get a very special message on this day.

Lying under the stars,

Drowning myself in what used to be,

I realize we are too far,

And yet you play inside of me.

Those days of laughter and swinging moods,

That precious window I can’t forget,

Shamelessly snatching the better of your food,

Everyday like after ages we met.

Picking up each other at every fall,
Picking on each other religiously everyday,
Singing (screaming) all day without a call,
Heart-aches can't break us, come what may.

The end lead us to fear losing touch,
Promises to hold each other through thick & thin,
We hoped they won't falter much,
The last high-5's were felt deeply akin.

I'm so glad you strengthened in you my trust,
I'm so glad you stayed close,
Our love is like real stardust,
Through the darkest times it brightly glows.

Oblivion is what I feared,

But beautiful you saved me,

Into my heart you gently peered,

My friend, you braved me.

P.S. I love you all, for always being there and for never letting go.  <3

~Nostalgic. :')

*HUGS YOU TIGHTLY*

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP'S DAY! <3

Zing!

Love,  what is love? Don't worry, you'll get the answer on tumblr, instagram, facebook or what have you. Its not what it was before... Simple, sweet and serene... It’s more of complicated, demanding and depressing. 

Admit it or not, as teenagers most of us have begun the search for true love...which is rather hard to find, and at this age? Pfft!! We fall in "love" so easily, experiencing ecstasy and melancholy in their extremes, pulling us in opposite directions… Finally, we want to break free... And that's what we end up doing.

We need something stronger to believe in. Something that would not make us wish to escape. I believe in ZING! If you ask me to define it, I would probably say, "It’s that funny, wiggly-wobbly, clickety-click, magical yet real feeling, more profound yet fathomable than love!"

Love is too mainstream. Everyone falls in love and every so often that it has simply lost its value. It’s no more a "Once-in-a-life-time" thing our grandparents used to talk about, one which perseveres, against all odds, from the first realization of love till the very end.

Call me dreamy, but I do believe and wish for something like a magical-miracle in the form of love or...zing! 

Zing is the new love! It happens only once in your life. You meet and you zing, that's all. You know deep-down that you want to and you must spend the rest of your days with this one person or your life will be incomplete, rather meaningless. You want to protect them from all that is evil, and if death does you apart, you'll keep their memories alive!

Zing is not sad, depressing or heart-breaking like silly-old love! It teaches you to be happy through another's eyes, it lifts your spirits in the lowest of points and strengthens you to the point that you'll have the courage to fight against the world (even aliens) if they seem to cause any harm to your zing! Its magic to be precise, a kind of magic you'll feel with each other while doing or discussing the most trivial of matters. Zing will possess your soul in such a way that you'll forget all your insecurities and never would want to escape. You'll agree to exchange your hearts with each other and nurture it till your last breath. 

I believe in ZING. It will come one day...When I'm done and over with falling in love several times, getting heart-broken and scarred those many times...It won't just heal those scars but also erase the marks scars are notorious to leave behind.

Until then... I'll keep loving.

~Kudos!

-Believe-in-Zing

I'm here to Stay

This poem is a promise to all the pieces of my heart at BSS who said they'll never leave and they nevrr did. Its a promise to be there for you through all your ups and downs in life, like you have been with me. I love you beyond any words that I can pen down here...

If the loneliness of the night caves in on you
If your light inside seems to betray
I'll sit by your side, sharing my light with you
Coz I promise, I'm here to stay.

I know you have some nightmares
And sometimes the pain will be hard to bare
But just hold my hand and jump off this cliff
Together, we can fly away
I'll be your wings when you feel broken
Coz remember? I'm here to stay.

If you ever feel your smile fading
And the roses seem to wilt and bow
I'll give you all my happiness without sparing
And paint the roses rainbow

You'll never have to give away,
Your smiles any given day,
And I'll still be there,
Just looking at you and say,
"I told you, I will always be here and STAY :)"

~Here's to an undying faith in true friendship :')

Safe and sound...

Its a cold, cold world out there, insecurities haunt us day and night, we are growing paler everyday...Parched lips, sad eyes, messy, unkept hair, neglecting ourselves...outwardly as well as inwardly. We are all so cold, shivering with fear...Is there any place left that is warm and safe?

When was the last time you felt safe and sound? The kind of safe and warm a baby feels inside his mother's womb. Just close your eyes, there is no danger around you, only warmth, coziness and love.
The bitter truth that we can't forever be sound outside, can't hide the fact that some of the most seemingly trivial moments in life have been saving us from completely getting lost in the darkness....
A gently resting hand on our shoulders of a friend...without saying a single word, he just assures us that 'I am right here!'
A tender kiss on the forehead...did you feel the love in it? Thats safety, its like the healing of an excruciatingly painful wound...slow, soft and tranquilizing.
An unexpected hug from a friend or family member...the arms protectively embracing our bodies, melting the ice inside...sometimes even unburdening, when latent tears stream down our face.
I believe no matter how much love has hurt us, its the only thing that can heal us back into the warm-blooded humans that we are. Its the only reason that the world is still in one piece. Its so warm, it radiates through pitch dark nights and kills the monsters of insecurities and fear.
Those little affectionate gestures can mean so much to someone who is breaking inside.
Love, be it from a friend, family or someone unexpected, gives us the strength to fight fear, fate and insecurities. It makes us feel Safe and Sound.

Painfully Beautiful

My heart is broken
And yet, there is a sense of peace
In every piece of it!

You entered my life
Like the waves of the sea
Which gently kisses the shores
And took with you, a part of me.

But as much the sea gives and takes from the shore
He wants to let the river occupy the space in his heart.
And thats where my story starts!

You gave me smiles and took away my pains
You promised me a friendship of no loss and all gains
But I'm sorry, my heart is a wanderer
And it found a place like home near you..
I'm sorry, but I fell in love with you!

I know you'll never feel the same way for me,
I know your heart yearns for someone else
I know because your eyes don't sparkle on seeing me
And yet, I choose to continue loving you
Because it feels beautiful!

I am hurting all the time
But I don't regret that I fell!
I am vulnerable, yet I feel so safe
I am cold..
But inside, I'm warm!
Because my love for you is like a bonfire
Because loving you only takes me higher.
Because it is beautiful!

:'D <3
~Kudos
Bhavya :)