Mystery?

They say I hide it all

Yes there are no fancy pictures

But I have bared my soul

There were aspects that

A picture or selfie can never capture

But there were thousand tales

In every word

In every chapter

There are stories and many a lore

Fun anecdotes too...from across the shore 

But how would they know

For they are not readers

With a heart that glows

But just passersby

That go with the flow.

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Your Story

All she wanted was to love

But how could she

Knowing what it could have done

All she wanted was to console them

But how could she

Knowing that her hug would be shunned

Love is all she was

So she withdrew to corners

Where she would be hard to find

Until You found her

And she sparkled

Like the bejeweled stars

Yes, she melted

But she melted in Love

And she loved like Love never could

She danced 

And dazzled and glistened with You

She glimmered and shimmered

And blushed when she knew

That she was destined

Destined With You

That's where your story began

For she was Ice

And You were the sun

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Should?

From places to places

We go

Do we move in space

Or stay still in time

Or be mere spectators

Of a starry sea

In an endless ocean

Of limitless depth

We are just but

You and me

In expanses of the dimensions

We never knew

Should we have been

Never, ever, or

Forever?

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그대의 생각: Blossoming

하늘이 웃고 아침이 붉어질 때

공기가 숨을 쉬고 이슬이 반짝였을 때

정원에 꽃봉오리가 피어날 때도

그것도... 그대 생각나게 했어요.

When the sky smiled

And the morning blushed

When the air breathed

And the dew glimmered

The bud in my garden blossomed anew

And that too... reminded me of You.

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Stay with your heart

When the walls are closing in on you

And the only door out is pitch-black...

Would you stay

Or would you take the path out?

What if the walls stop moving eventually?

What if there's a depthless pit just outside the door?

Would you stay

Or would you take the path out?

What if you traverse the deep trench

And there's a pretty garden beyond those depths

Where there's golden air soaked with the sunrays

And the fragrant breeze is colored

In hues of the beautiful flowers...

Can you leave the room

If there was a possibility of the garden?

Yes, there might be an endless stretch of trenches 

And immeasurable depths

Where there's no concept of time or space

Yes, there might be the rumblings of the walls

And the pressure well enough to crush a soul

There's a possible garden beyond the dark

But it just might be too good to be true

Whatever you choose

Wherever you stay

Or whichever paths you explore

Stay... With your heart

It may bleed but it will heal too

Stay with you, just once more

For there is a light breathing in there

There's a beacon forming

That shows the path

The journey is still there

Stay with your heart

Just one more step

When you can smell the dawn

Bathed in hopes and dreams

It will shine on you with the smile of sunflowers

Just stay once more

Stay with your heart

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That is also me

That is also me

That no one knows

The one with mystic intricacies

And an equivalent framework

As any other me

But this has been special

In ways that

I never really could apprehend

That is also me

That knows the shades of the cosmos

And believes in every dust

For that is what stars are made of

And moons and stones and home

Yes there's something beautiful

And vivaciously precious

In every granule that that sees

That is also me

That chooses the light

And also glorifies the night

For there's an enigma that each beholds

And thousands of microcosmos

That breathes life and everything glows

There's a universe and many such more

That flavours every dream with adore

Yes, that is also me

That's so hopelessly romantic

That finds hope and beauty in everything I see

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Like An Epiphany

There are days like that

When every moment

Feels like an epiphany

When every breath of air feels extremely cold

As if it is hellbent to pierce your lungs

And reach your heart

To see if it cracks yet again

To see if the blood rushes

To heal it once more

Or give up and finally freeze

There are days like that

When every moment

Feels like an epiphany

When you realize the abyss from before

Is struggling to get a new meaning

One where nothingness never ceases

But was there anything to begin with

For there can be nothing

Only when there ever was something

And everything feels like a myth once more

There are days like that

When every moment

Feels like an epiphany

When communication is just an obligated model

Its roots rooted on the root of i²

For it is nothing

More than drab oblivion

If not sparked by you

For there never really was a language or literature

And a mere void had more elaborated meaning

There are days like that

When every moment

Feels like an epiphany

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Don't Fall For The Words

There are emotions

Undefined and unnamed

And feelings so abstract

Even dimensions cannot capture

But there's still a desire

To let that essence percolate 

So they weave with heart

A sentiment

Which even words can't fathom

Poetry, they call it...

But all they see are words

Don't fall for the words

For they are but just a tool

To create an approximation

Of a dimension

That may lead you to feel the emotion

Not of the poet

But of your own

That you might have suppressed

From time unknown

Don't fall for the words

If you wish to know

The poet's sentiment

And the dreamy universes they sow

For words are meant to hide 

But pretend to show

Poems encase a cosmic weave

Of thoughts, whims, and notions

That exist and rest

Beyond the "normal" comprehension

So, don't fall for the words

For the poet's heart

They will never know

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Is Earth Flat?

Of the many photographs

that I never posted

and some that were never clicked

Of the many drafts

that I never published

and some that are still unfinished

Of the many stories

that I never told

and anecdotes that have never been recounted

And

Of the many travel diaries

that I never disclosed

and some lands that are still unexplored

Should any be unveiled

When the dawn shines

Even when

There are clouds still in the sky

Holding the immenseness of the ocean

Some day they may let go

But then

Where should it start

And where should it stop

For there's never been

An absolute end

Or beginning 

That was ever there

The earth has never been flat.

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