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Desires

Neelam cautions us that desire takes root and blooms, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths.

The roots of desire
Force their way
Out of the cover of soil
And burst out as stems.

The stems,
Unable to contain themselves,
Further branch out
And shoots propagate.

The pining
Further blooms
Into colourful florets,
And it can be contained
No more.

As the ripple
Settles down,
Some ripen as fruits
Making one jovial and satisfied.

Others
Simply weep
At the restraint not exercised.

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Neelam Saxena Chandra
Neelam Saxena Chandra, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Pune, has authored 4 novels, 1 novella and 6 short story collections, 31 poetry collections and 13 children’s books. She holds a record with the Limca Book of Records, 2015 for being the Author having the highest number of publications in a year in English and Hindi. She has won several international and national awards. She was listed in Forbes as one of the popular authors in 2014.

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