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Echoes of Nilan

1. Smell of Jasmine I wasn’t looking for anything that day.Just air that didn’t reek of engine smokeand maybe a decent filter coffee,and silence on a quiet bench at the beach. But I saw her—mid-argument with a fruit vendor,mango in one hand, disdain in the other.Something about the way she stood there—elbows sharp, eyes laughing—it…

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Father

A paradigm set by nature – Where there is light there is always a shadow. When the light – natural or faux – casts its spell on you, we tread the path as a pair. One part in the pair is the bodily self, a set nucleus. The other part is the shadow. The shadow…

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Home

To the waves it is the shore, To a toddler it’s the toy store… To a baby, it’s mother’s cradling hands, To a bird, perched on a tree is her nest… Sun rises and journeys tracing an arc, when sky turns orange, it goes back, for the Moon to leaves its own abode, and go…

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Line, wave, and axis

You’re a surfer, riding waves day and night… Some towering, some calming Some gentle, some brutal… You ride with pride You’re a zestful surfer… You’re a thinker Thoughts usher when it’s sun or moon… Some stirring, some uninspiring Some moving, some stalling.. You think and not blink You’re a hopeless thinker… You’re an emotional Feelings…

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Spiritual Sense

Nourishment from food, joy from exercising… They fuel the movement, of the mortal form… Body benefits from it, making us agile and fit… But that’s only one half, of the happiness equation… The other half is to us, like the flame is to a candle… Spirituality is a sum total of parts of faith, belief,…

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Mother

She is the first to be up and about, When you are still basking in dreamland She has your meals figured out, When you are slacking, and lagging behind She has an uncanny knack to discern, When to talk, and when to listen She brings a skill for you to learn, In a fiery storm…

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