Poems by Dhriti Sharma
Clever Passion
Passion is a wild one
Untamable
Clever so was the fire
That burnt inside my heart
To wisely choose
What to burn and what to light
That turned walls to ashes
Stood tall by the side of bridges
That eliminated the knots which tied my wings
Yet saved the strings that directed my kite
Welcome to fill from the pool of flames
Bring your glasses brethren
And make a hole in the bottom
So you'll drink enough to find
Who you can be
But not beyond so far as to lose
Who you are
Pointless Permission
Waves don't ask if the shore likes being washed upon
Night doesn't ask if the sun likes going home
A boss doesn't ask if the deadline is reasonable at all
How dare love ask then if there is any vacancy in thy heart or not?
It’s a pointless permission to seek
Control on what’s not ours
The love I give around
Or the hate I stand to receive
Are but contents of the universe
And not really the emotions that we claim to develop
Like cannonballs fired
From the catapults that we are
Cherishable Chaos
Do I have a plan?
No
Does my life feel sorted through?
Yes
Cause chaos is non perishable
Yet also,
Chaos is conclusive and cherishable
Sky Full of Hope
How do I wish upon a shooting star
when my hope is painted on the night sky
and the twinkling ones keep leaving my side?
Tug of War
Love you more
Cherish myself more
Care for you more
Pamper myself more
Think about you more
Think of myself more
Live a present with you more
But see a future with me more
Walk long roads with you more
Sit by myself more
Lose my breath at your sight more
Still let my heart beat for me more
That's the very thin line that
Want and need
Play tug of war on
BIT BY BIT
Die bit by bit dear
All at once is not dignified
Poison, life is filled with
To be sniffed fume by fume
To be swallowed drop by drop
Cause all at once
Is too quick to mock
Joy comes from watching
The suffering we go through
Consume one who is not us
And when you have enjoyed
Someone else die
Slowly day by day
How do you get to die at once
And let others not cherish your death?
Come brethren for we all shall die
One day in this life
None of us have ever
Made it out alive
For the moments we are here
Preparing for the finale
Let’s take it slow n steady
Not all at once
But rather let
Our soul leave our body
Goosebump by goosebump
Day by day
Bit by bit
