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Rust

Noted Nest

Updated: Oct 3, 2024

By Mahati Shiralkar



i smiled today, maybe a little too much,

and conceivably, that was enough to crush

my heart into a million pieces,

now they’re infinitely scattered beyond my reaches


they looked at me like i

was something accidentally alive,

they judged and frowned,

wondered why my eyes were so brown.


i knew i marred their mood,

but how? - i was truly confused.

how could my barely lop-sided lips,

be a cause for all this?


but then i realise,

however, it didn’t hit me as a surprise,


that i’m merely a speck of dust,

that’s it, just dust,

spoiling everything around me like rust.


 By Mahati Shiralkar



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Rupa Padia
Rupa Padia
Jul 19, 2024

Cute Rust!!

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SWETHA PATEL
SWETHA PATEL
Jul 13, 2024

It means more than words and a very deep poem

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Sei Babu
Sei Babu
Jul 13, 2024

Very deep

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Shital Patel
Shital Patel
Jul 13, 2024

The greatest poem

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sapna Biradar
sapna Biradar
Jul 13, 2024

Very nice

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