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Navrasas: A Poem For All 9 Emotions
A three-lined attempt to sum up the journey of our soul
My heart was in pain.
I went to the pharmacy store.
They said my medicine is out of stock.
Sometimes laughter scares me.
I wonder why it came to me in the first place,
and how long would it be before it flees away?
My love was always one of a kind.
But you were not the kind,
who could understand this.
I have a volcano of anger erupting within me.
It will find its way out,
when the time is right.
I have heard you think you’re smart.
And yet they say,
You lack a sense of humor.
The animals too have a stomach that growls with hunger.
But they have to wait,
wait for the human compassion to awaken.
Your thoughts have disgusted me.
Or maybe they haven’t,
A part of me always knew the real you.
I was surprised when you proposed to me.
But you knew what my answer was.
My eyes had said yes way before my words did.
Fear is not a soldier’s accessory.
They just wear patriotism up their sleeve,
for the rest of their lives.
Bhavna Narula, 2021.
