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Dishna Phukan
Mar 19, 20231 min read
BAKED
So soft, teeth sinking pillowy pillowy against my lips Butter, butter, smooth and golden, Vacation of a sort. Waft of golden in the air...
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Dishna Phukan
Jul 18, 20221 min read
STARS
I had dreamt Of the stars in the sky -so beyond my reach The rich tapestry called 'Dreams'. But were they ever my own? After the dark,...
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Dishna Phukan
Jul 11, 20221 min read
DEAR MY FRIEND
So sore I was, fighting demons In this vast, yet vastless land Demons of my own. Bruised, Cut, Burnt, Almost without Life. But you found...
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Dishna Phukan
Jul 4, 20221 min read
LOVELESS
Wide eyes pleading, don't let go, Not just yet, not yet. But now that I see, You were never mine to lose, coz' I was clasping and...
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Dishna Phukan
Jun 27, 20221 min read
CLOUDS
Wading in the still dark waters, Chained in a deep dark abyss -Filled with the tears of despair Where, where is the light? It seems to...
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Dishna Phukan
Jun 20, 20221 min read
COME SOON
Almost sunset, warm breeze, salted air Deep in the fields, feet among the wheat stalks. Like wafts of baked bread, You come to me. Like a...
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Dishna Phukan
Dec 31, 20211 min read
NON-TEMPORAL
Timeless I have become Past, Present, Future All collide - one Eternal. Living every moment Countless of them together That child - that...
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Dishna Phukan
Dec 24, 20211 min read
CORNER
My Dream, blanket of darkness Yet, light deep within trying to spread Churn I did - body, head and mind Now, the light scattered into...
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Dishna Phukan
Dec 17, 20211 min read
BROWN LEAF
Standing still under the sunset Red umbrella overhead The sky above clearing Golden-brown, red leaves falling. The gentle autumn leaves...
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Dishna Phukan
Dec 11, 20211 min read
NOOR-E-KHUDA
Only yesterday I had heaved A sigh of relief. At last, at long last, I can breathe without fear. Life was just entering me when... Again...
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Dishna Phukan
Nov 14, 20211 min read
FLIGHT
I had made wings to fly Wings of dreams and hopes. Now I have chained them up. Without care - they rot. Built of light they were Bright,...
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Dishna Phukan
Oct 23, 20211 min read
NIMATIGHAT
Flashing before my eyes, My old, heart-broke parents, Yellow water all around - Fear; My roofless children, Black bodies all around -...
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Dishna Phukan
May 23, 20211 min read
KHUD
Bataao zaraa humein Ki ye ghairat mandi hai Ya khud garzi (?), Ki maine 'khud'ko chunaa 'Hum'ko nahi. Translation: [Just tell me If it...
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Dishna Phukan
May 16, 20211 min read
NASHA
Mohabbat ka nasha Pee rahe thhe hum, Pta kya thha yaaron Ki ye rooh tak jalegi! Translation: [Love's liquor I was drinking, What did I...
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Dishna Phukan
May 9, 20211 min read
SIESTA
Bright, the afternoon sun shines, Heavy, I close my eyes. Earthy, the scented breeze wafts Bringing with it, The tempo of cicadas. Listen...
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Dishna Phukan
Apr 25, 20211 min read
EBB
These nights are excruciating, No, I haven't slept. These days are excruciating, Somehow I have dragged me. I ask, ask, what remains Of...
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Dishna Phukan
Apr 18, 20211 min read
DESERT SAND
Flimsiness of Life O' Desert Sand, Omnipresence of Soul O' Desert Sand. Flow of Time O' Desert Sand, Harshness of Reality O' Desert Sand....
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Dishna Phukan
Mar 28, 20211 min read
FLOOPY
And I sit and think- What do I do? Let go of it all and start afresh? Or, now that I have dived, Might as well swim to the shore? Hatch...
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Dishna Phukan
Mar 25, 20211 min read
JUST OURS
After the drudgery of the everyday, The transit is where I view the Other. The Other a vast city, The city my home. The city strewn with...
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Dishna Phukan
Mar 21, 20211 min read
DA-SEIN
Mere Da-sein are we, Living from birth to death -Mortal and Limited. Words so limited, Mere containers of Meaning. Numbers so inadequate,...
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