Author Archives: thelighghtwanders
Powerlines
A few years ago, in school, we were asked to decorate our classrooms. A girl from my class cut out a couplet by a very famous poet and put it up on the wall. I loved it. Since then, I’ve felt emotionally attached to that couplet. It brings back a lot of good memories, wheneverContinue reading “Powerlines”
For you:
to all the people out there, who are smiling through the pain, putting up an effort to show the world they are ok when they are actually not, to the people who are broken inside but bring smiles in other’s lives, the people who cheer for their friends and tell them they are proud ofContinue reading “For you:”
Battles witnessed from the sidelines
It took me some time to realize that there are certain things which are better left unknown because knowing them affects us and our life in weird ways. Often in negative ways. If we grow up with a bad memory or an opinion that we’ve formed about something or somebody, it can affect the restContinue reading “Battles witnessed from the sidelines”
of letting go.. (a musing)
I am sitting in the common room and I can’t seem to push this thought out of my head so I’m going to write about it to silence my head. A few months ago, I changed schools. I had been studying in my previous school for 9 years and hence, was emotionally attached to itContinue reading “of letting go.. (a musing)”
2020
Breakaway
People believed in character in the previous centuries. They lived in small towns where everyone knew each other. It was calm, it was peaceful and most importantly people knew each other by their character; who they are from the inside. Recently, almost a decade or two ago, people started moving from small towns to bigContinue reading “Breakaway”
The terrain of life
Dreams
Some dreams remain buried in your heart forever. You know they can’t be fulfilled but there’s a tiny corner of your heart that’ll always long for it. A tiny voice in your head that tells you it might be possible. You are a girl with vision and you want to fly but they won’t letContinue reading “Dreams”
Hi.
I’m a math geek with a surprising love for literature. I’m here to vent. Literally. Mostly about the books I’ll read, the bad days inculcated in the poems I write, my views on the struggles of females and just mere existentialism. Usually found cradling my unfulfilled dreams, I’m a hardcore feminist, opinionated but not veryContinue reading “Hi.”