Category Archives: self love

Loving Myself

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Amrita Ghosh

These days I am often toldBy family, friends, well meaning strangersThat I do not love myself enough,That I need to love myself more.That better self-love will make me whole.I wonder if that makes meA little irrelevant for modern times.Tell me … Continue reading →

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Are You Love?

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Amrita Ghosh

The one who waitsIs the one who loves.The one who is consumedIn the flames of agonyAnd, the throes of ecstasyIs the one who loves.Is love then onlyFor those who suffer?If you glide through loveNever feeling a thing,Then are you notWorthy … Continue reading →

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Loving Yourself

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Amrita Ghosh

Love burns everyone.I have burned in love.So will you too,If you haven’t already.Yes, you who is reading this.So remember,Do not lose yourselfIn someone, or somethingSo much so that you forgetTo love yourself a bit extra.Because love happens,But, no one can … Continue reading →

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Winter of Love

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Amrita Ghosh

Winter of love.Leaves fall off.Bare bones show.How does oneSurvive, and in what form?Does one revisit roots,Buried deep in decades of memories?Check if they are worth hibernating in?Is the soil moist and mellow enoughTo house a new shoot,Or, resurrect the dead … Continue reading →

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Falling into Love

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Amrita Ghosh

Have you ever fallen in love?With slow, faltering steps,And, then headlongInto the ditch all at once?Never to be rescued ever,Preferring to lie in the graveThat you dug for yourself? These days life has becomeA bit like those younger daysWhen I … Continue reading →

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