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Don't have the mystic touch
Don't have the
To rewind time nor freeze it.
To rewind time
But, I can, however,
But, I can, how
Turn the arms of your watch a
Turn the arms
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Twisting the n
Twisting the nods ever-so
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Making us stra
Making us strangers with time.
Warped and wayward
Warped and w
We would lose
We would lose touch with reality,
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For eternity yo
Free from the pain
Free from the
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Of those dread
Of those dreadful turning arms, A A A AN ND S SHIELDS
Surpassing the laws of Einstein–
Surpassing the
We'd have the iron hand.
We'd have the
With a quill rew The yellow light of a lamp softens my features,
With a quill rewrite mind's
dictionary
dictionary I forget my lingering worries and doubts,
Where yesterday and tomorrow
Where yesterd As the words paint pictures of peculiar creatures,
Hidden behind shrubs and sprouts.
Would be renamed today.
Would be rena
Monsters and tragic heroines share their woes,
We wouldn't know I find comfort in our common wretched
We wouldn't k
Until we have dispositions,
Until we have died…
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That in a sunset after many moons,
T That in a sunse Mighty gods and champions crush their foes,
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Today has passed by.
Today has pass Instilling within me a spirited conviction.
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— Abhigya Shrestha The cover shields me from stares too strong,
— Abhigya Sh
Words too cruel bounce off the cardboard,
I know I cannot hide in this sphere for too long,
Yet I continue to wander past the lands I’ve
explored.
-Chetana Bhandari