260. Setting things right

let us avenge
history

because
there are
but
infinite unverifiable instances
of tentative discomfort
scattered over eternity

a life
for each instance
some blood and tears
to drown eternity

and
we are good

let us avenge
history
so
there is none of us
left
to find it
uncomfortable

259. 'Pyaar' ke side effects

they pluck
at all the adjectives
that adorn me

they
find me
astounding

they cannot
keep their curious eyes off
all the stories
that I am

each day
I lose pieces
that you have given me
to strangers
who never knew love
and never may

how do I tell them
that this love
was not mine
to know
to flaunt
to give

how do I tell them
I just was lucky
that
I found you
to leave me love
on each moment of space
on each inch of time

how do I tell them

these strangers
who
find me
inspiring

because I worry

after all my memories
are plucked

what if
they don't find
me
astounding

what if
they don't find
me
inspiring

what if
they just don't
find
me
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