Month: December 2022

Anvi Tuteja, Poems, Validation

Don’t Tell Yourself You’ll Stay For The Kids

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Presenting the latest poem from VALIDATION, life is lyrical irony:

–Read Don’t Tell Yourself You’ll Stay For The Kids now, at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught–

Don’t tell yourself you’ll stay for the kids,
It’ll only make them hate every single day until then,
Don’t tell yourself it is how it is,
It’ll only make you hate what was once true.

(I promise you, I won’t say: Mommy, why can’t Daddy stay?
I wish I could tell you: Maybe the day we move out should be today.)

I dream at night, how different it would be,
Would we still see each other’s families?
What would your parents say? What would my sister do?
Would they pity me for you leaving? Even when I pity you.

(Sometimes I think to myself: God, just get separated already!
It’s clear, even to me, that this lie that’s your life, isn’t steady.)

I wonder how our daughter would react,
If I told her we should go out and see the world,
Have we not moved on? Have we moved beyond? Have we yet moved out?
Do you think she knows who’s pulling the strings? Do you think she still has doubts?

(My mother thinks I don’t know; but I’m falling down; that I’m playing dumb,
The truth of the matter is, I don’t want to see the world, ‘cause I’m still feeling numb.)

I think it’s time to leave, yes, darling, let’s flee,
He doesn’t care a damn; what I do with my tomorrows,
Maybe I could be Scarlett, and she, Kat; Maybe I could be Lorelai, and she, Rory,
I know this is hurting her, and she’s feeling tired – but maybe we could together get over sorrows.

ANVI TUTEJA

Peace No Longer Far Apart’s release date is Friday, 16.12.2022
Read more from VALIDATION at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught.

Similar poems include:
– Evly, The Evil Queen (Reputation)
– Daedalus (Reflection, Incandescence)
– Despair (Rebellion, Incandescence)
– Broken (Emotion, Incandescence)
– Falling (Validation)
– insanity (Astronomy I)

Anvi Tuteja, Poems, Validation

Lodestar Ray

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Presenting the latest poem from VALIDATION, life is lyrical irony:

–Read Lodestar Ray now, at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught–

Lodestar* Ray

Life is a journey, people and places meandering to the soul’s destiny,
What good is the adventure, without a navigator to secure your legacy?
Education, a mighty tool, the pinnacle to the veiled success story,
Quality follows, unable to resist the steppingstone to greater glory,

In the land of lush valleys, a time not different from our own,
Uncaring of challenges Cruel Fate sets in the unknown,
A daring, young soul first graces his home, yearning for wonder and wisdom,
Barely seven, in the village school, the epitome of a failing education system,

Acceptance of failure was rather freeing, divulging the opportunity of a revolution,
“No Rote Learning!” he vowed, a mere boy of fifteen, searching for learnings’ new resolution,
Remaking reality through concepts, productivity, sustainability and contribution, challenging every trope,
Intent to change a society set in stone – Never renouncing his undying hope,

‘Progress over Perfection,” his motto, weighing every decision with this immortal precedent,
An outlier shunned for fear of development, now the country’s greatest resident,
New ways, vocational paths, success stories for every child to dream, to desire,
With the vow of together, qualitative regrowth, lighting insurgent fires,

He changed the world, that very moment of making a difference,
Choosing his words with care, quality in every emotive sentence,
Speaking of newfound prosperity, eradicating ignorance and poverty,
Education, his guiding light, innovation and quality, his novelty,

Returning to where his journey began, his mission statement writ in stone,
“Quality is not accidental, ‘tis the result of educated effort, accomplished never alone,
Not an ever-fixed mark or universal standard, but responsibility that grows each day,
Education highlights your path, should you choose to be the new Lodestar Ray. “

* A Lodestar is a star that is used to guide the course of a ship, especially the Pole Star.

ANVI TUTEJA

Don’t Tell Yourself You’ll Stay For The Kids’ release date is Friday, 09.12.2022
Read more from VALIDATION at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught.

Similar poems include:
– ‘Trevor Noah’
– Insurrection (Rebellion, Incandescence)
– Thy Code, Neu Felles Errantes (Reflection, Incandescence)
– Beauty is Unity in Diversity (Reality Reimagined, Incandescence)