Spoken Word Poetry – The Mourn Sky (YouTube channel)

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I can clearly recall the night when this poem came to me. The sleepless night & restlessness in me with those memories turned into this poem and my night into morning. Creating spoken word of ‘The Mourn Sky’ is another baby-step forward towards letting go & to see a glimpse of love in pain ✨❤️💫

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Spoken Word Poetry – Trip-Track (YouTube channel)

Trip-Track is a very special poem to me, that I published on 2nd November 2019. This is what I wrote back then – “Words are simply flowing in me. I feel such a crazy need to scribble this poem. I’m sensing something at subconscious level. I can feel, I’m going to walk on a burning track soon. I don’t know why I feel that. I’m perhaps connected to The Almighty, which is telling me something is coming my way. So better “pack your baggage”.”

On 7th November 2019, my left hand was kinda “sleeping”. First I dropped the car keys & then a plate & later I couldn’t press remote control buttons. I was thinking ‘ok, that’s something new’ – a weird feeling. I contacted acute medical helpline & soon I was rushed to the hospital where I was diagnosed with brain haemorrhage on the right side. It was at this moment I realized why the higher energies made me write Trip-Track & I was like WOW even though I was in OUCH condition.

The bleeding has taken away a few things from me but in return, it has given me the biggest gift, which is to live in the moment & not to worry about the next one – the future. On top, I’m finally able to see & know me. I’m not saying it’s still not challenging for me to live with the critical sickness. But it’s like I had to go through this all to finally wake up from the sleep. Now mindful baby-steps is my leap. Reset button was pressed by the Almighty.

I consider 7th November as my second birth date & that’s why I published my poetry collection – Lightning Rhymes on 07/11/2021. Trip-Track is a part of my book.

My intention isn’t to earn sympathy, that sorry / sad / bad feeling or any of that sort. It’s only a sharing from my heart to yours. I hope you’d enjoy listening to this piece of mine. Thank you very much ✨❤️💫

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Wrong

I’ve been punched on the face with guilt several times
I’ve been wronged with fingers, lips & those questioning eyes
I even believed what I was told coz I was weak, I won’t deny
But I’ve learnt with time to stand tall & true in low & high tides

It seems everyone’s life has turned pale coz of my dirty screen
As if I’m the only reason of the suffering, pain & the screams
As if it’s me who’s injecting anger with that pointy syringe
As if I’m the one grilling the skin with my charcoaly heat

I was once asked ‘howcome I haven’t learnt anything when I was about to die?’
And why I was still snapping even when my wires were twisted & dire
At that time I felt as if I was the witness of my own bloody trial
Today that picture has changed & I think, I’m able to breathe the inner silence

If people haven’t confronted you before, then everything has its first time
Try to take off those ego-lenses & look closely in the eco-iris, is my advice
Several answers you might find floating freely in that liquid shine
The rest you’d discover gradually when the self will see the very I

I am neither a RoboCop, who arrests nor a Terminator, who shreds
And I accept that I commit mistakes coz I too have a human shade
But I am constantly upgrading me with the only constant while I defrag
But if you still wanna point finger at me, then be my middle finger guest

Note: “you” in this poem doesn’t mean you – the reader


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Spoken Word Poetry – Automatic (YouTube channel)

This poem is about how I find myself connected to the outside world & so called reality through my experiences & the inner battles.

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The Constellation

Feet are glowing with burns
Eyes are flooded by surge
Mind is chasing the search
Body is facing the swirls
Unable to speak a single word
Coz path seems so crazy tough
But giving up isn’t the term
Exploring the unknown is the thirst
Walking the rough in pure trust
Lightning is the flow of the blood

Leaves are floating in the fall
The tree is standing naked & tall
Roots are gripping the ground
Universe is quietly observing it all
Sky is now having this talk
Key is the constellation in the dark
To unlock the unseen transparent port
Sun is slowly raising the bars
Pain is the seed that grows into love
Where love is the raw beat of the heart


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If I could be a feeling… (a poetic collaboration by Kriti Nayyar & Navin Manik)

I’m sharing this special moment with you all…a moment in the form of this collab…a collab with this beautiful soul, that goes by the name of Kriti @kriti.nayyar…Kriti is a self-love writer & a true warrior…she’s a wonderful, a very helpful person & a dear friend on top…her writings are not only beautiful, deep & meaningful but they also are filled with her learnings & wisdom…please do visit her page on Instagram to read her poetry…Kriti would soon be joining the WordPress community…so that’s simply great…

Kriti came up with this idea of writing on ‘If I could be a feeling…’…I liked the idea instantly…she then suggested that we must write our individual parts, without sharing them with each other…I loved the idea coz it would mean, that we would express from our hearts in our own ways…at the same time, it made us curious coz we wanted to see how our parts would sound with that feeling of one piece…we didn’t swap our writings back n forth at all…so, it’s a collab of a unique kind…where there’s synchronicity & there are similarities, expressed in different styles…where there’s glimpse of our paths, seen from our sight…it’s like reaching the destination through different & yet similar paths at deeper level…so without any further ado, I’m presenting this collab…I hope you’d enjoy reading & connecting with it as much as we did creating it ✨💟💫

If I could be a feeling…

Transparency I would surely be & shine
It is what I sense instantly
When I close my big brown eyes
There’s no point in wearing an armour
And carrying a sword to slice
Wounds & scars I now wear
As the starry medals with pure pride
The ocean gyres peacefully in me
I float in it & then I simply dive
The sky exists deep within
I fall from there & roar as I freely fly
Pain & love sit quite close to each other
Is what I ve realized
Perfectly imperfect is magical
From higher perspective of this life
This feeling makes me embrace
The sharp & restless edges of mine
There’s no need to look outside
Coz the raw nature is truly inside
Selfless self-love brings me closer to me & you,
It’s love for the very I

-Navin Manik

If I could be a feeling…


What would I be?
My heart says, “Love you fool”
And I am nodding happily
But then I know
Love loses its charm without trust
So should I be trust?
Yes, that I can be but
Trust is a two way road
There is no point in being someone’s trust
And not having theirs for you!
Then what should I be?
Forgiveness may be
Ofcourse we all need and deserve it
To free ourselves and others from guilt
But again what if I forgive
And the other is not ready to forgive themselves
As it is an inside job too!
So, if I could be a feeling what would I be?
And in this very moment I know the answer
I would be kindness!
Why? Because in my life I have been unkind
And I have also tasted the thorns of unkindness
And ouch! they leave marks like none!
There were times when I wished and begged for it
But then I have also seen kindness
Heard kindness, felt kindness, lived kindness
And it made me more kind in return
There is no wound that this magic potion cannot heal
One may forget your love for them
But one always remembers
Your kind word /gesture when it was needed the most
This is one feeling that is always a one way road
It depends on you and you alone
So, if I could be anything
I would like to be kind!

– Kriti Nayyar

You’re also welcome to read the original post, that’s published on Instagram.

Spoken Word Poetry :- Darkness – The Intense Light (YouTube channel)

To me both darkness & light are like yin & yang; powerful in their own ways. Darkness has normally been seen as something negative. But in reality, it has its own intense light if one sees it with an open heart. Light & dark are zen-masters of unique kinds.

You can also find ‘Darkness – The Intense Light’ in my poetry collection – Lightning Rhymes.

Thank you very much for listening to me…Much love 🖤✨🤍💫


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The Source

I had written down this poem in May 2023 when I actually experienced this all…I decided not to post it at that time…Instead, I posted ‘The Story’…you’re welcome to check it out if you haven’t already read it…this poem is like the second part of The Story…it’s about what was happening inside of me…today seems the right time to finally post this poem (with some fine tuning)…coz sometimes, you relive the old scenes…they appear as if that incident has just happened…so, that’s what I’m sharing with you..and please don’t worry…coz my condition is sort of stable brainwise ✨🤍💫


The Source

His forehead was sweaty
His eyes were blurry
His face was stiffening
He couldn’t even speak
His arm was numb already
His legs felt so weak
He walked as if he were tipsy
Coz he was very dizzy
He lost his balance suddenly
But it’s the world that seemed shaky
His mates held him instantly
They guided him to the chair in vicinity
So he could sit down coz he was uneasy
They were keeping an eye on him constantly
One was pushing the numbers coz it’s an emergency

He kept sweating drops
He was slipping down
From the chair he was sitting on
He was getting frustrated now
Old memories were flashing raw
Inside he was crumbling down
He was struggling to express in words In that moment he wasn’t alone at all
Everybody seemed to have the worried sound
The paramedics were reaching fast
He was mentally preparing for another bout
He was screaming in his mind so loud
This crazy battle was once again very on
But it was slowly wearing him down
Another ride in the EMS towards the red zone

Oh
It was happening again
Thoughts
Were running in his head
Up
No, he couldn’t get up
Nope
He wasn’t giving up easily
Hope
He always had with him
But
He was still mad at him
Coz
He couldn’t do anything
Caught
In this situation once again
Cause
He didn’t know anything yet

Still
He was sitting in silence
Now
He was quitely present
Family
He was thinking of constantly
Focused
He was in touch with himself
Visualizing
He would press the button reset
Breathing
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The free flow of air in his body
Composed
Even when everything looked impossible
Key
Unlocking himself from the gripping patterns
Being
Reconnecting with the source of the highest power


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The Sign

After a long time, I’ve written a new poem…coz the major part of my day goes by in recovering from the knee surgery…it takes most of my energy & then I’m not able to do a lot…I know, it’s getting a bit boring to hear about it every single time…but the thing is, I’m sharing something deeper & something very simple…these moments are teaching me to appreciate small & simple things…the importance of self-love…to look into your own eyes with love…to love your different sides…to have compassion…to give space…and to take things as they come…the very Creation has helped me quite a lot in not only understanding this but also to sense it with my open heart…to live in the moment is simple & difficult at the same time…it’s very much possible though…lastly, I’m still not able to check your posts regularly at my full capacity…I’m doing it whenever I get the chance…my gratitude to you for the lovely messages / wishes & for your understanding of me being partially active over here 🌟✨❤️💫🙏

I hope you’d enjoy this new poem 💫


Silently I talk to the quiet violet in me
While the violent in me is vibrating the violin strings
The sound of this high-pitched music that I stream
Is the melody of pain & restlessness that I bleed
No visor over my ears to silence the sound intensity
As the wise in me is observing myself calmly with peace
The eyes of this tree are sighing with fall of the leaves
The sign of this piece is shining even when I drop like tears
But I won’t ever hide my raw skin or the formless spirit
No shield I’m wearing, I’m simply standing right here


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Spoken Word – The Words I Spill (YouTube channel)

Dear all,

As some of you may already know that my poem – The Words I Spill was recently published in Spillwords Press ( here’s the link )…I did share this wonderful news with you…and you blessed me with your kind & heartfelt wishes, which I’m truly grateful for ✨❤️💫

I’ve now created a YouTube friendly video of this piece for my YouTube channel…I hope you’d enjoy this spoken word of my poem – The Words I Spill…

Thank you very much…Much love 🌟✨❤️💫


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