They say, “You will always be judged on your own merits,” When someone else fails, not yours is the credit, But that’s just ridiculous when the judging’s relative, When I know I was the true winner, how can I be anything but negative?
They say I got what I deserved, Only that which can be, must be preserved, I’m sorry I couldn’t hold on, But my ideas are my downfall – from dusk to dawn,
Now they’re taking revenge, I’m sorry our love, I could not avenge, And the others tell me to leave, and go whence I came, But how do I tell them, nothing ever stays the same,
I came in here – bold as brass, I scoffed and jeered at them to let me pass, But now it’s come to bite me back, like a knife in the back, And now they tell me, my last is on the track,
I’m sorry, I couldn’t preserve my sanity, I was blinded by misconceptions, beauty and vanity, So I’m sorry, because I cannot fight back much longer, But I couldn’t hold on, because my fears were made to be conquered. ANVI TUTEJA
If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were listening to me now, If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were still around, But you didn’t stay dead,
You’re still alive, alive in my head, If I had known, I’d have kept every hastily scrawled sheet, Because every scrap of you had been taken from me, I’d say you were right here, Before I realized you were just a mortal mere, Now I know better, heard the clacks in the ground, But I still feel you, in the sky, all around. ANVI TUTEJA
To rid their world of a new kind of dark, Three brave heroes did on a new journey embark,
The eldest loved knowledge, and he saved them from enmity, For as he said, “There is no love lost when the world is in hostility,”
The youngest loved magic, so he saved them from illusions, He used his power to draw the curtain, and rid them of their delusions,
The second eldest loved challenges, and she saved them from despair, She fought all enemies, real and elusive, for she was a diamond in the rough, a beauty too rare,
And they were forever known as the mage’s counsel, the royal trinity, However, their enemies did their rapport break, and they despaired in their unity,
She, the second eldest, one of beauty and power, was the first to leave, She went off to vanquish her demons and did their intimate bond cleave,
Then urged by jealousy and wisdom, the eldest did take flight, Leaving to rule over their kingdom as the lone king of plight,
Then left was the youngest, sorcerer supreme, all alone in a strange land, As the newest of mind and open of thought, he alone could take a stand,
But what was he to do, simply a child in a chess game too hard to comprehend, And he too, began to despair, and the darkness, delighted, flooded in, and thus their greatest heroes came to an end,
And many, many years later, when the three were together almost thrice a score aged, When the land was ravaged, The heroes scattered and the fires raged,
Reunited were they once more, by just a misconception too grave, And on that fateful day, sparks between them did fly: for they were meant to rule or raze,
Revelling in their unison, they once again were one, But for the dangers that lurked beyond the deep, This ominous battle they had not yet won,
The eldest vanquished their fears, for he was gifted in terms of knowledge and sphere, He fought the demons and left them but a speck in the universe, so mere,
The youngest saw beyond the Deep, and vanquished their visions, They were finally in unison, and he created their realisations,
The second eldest solved riddles, and cured their complications, She destroyed their power, burned down their conglomerations,
And thus the darkness, despairing, abandoned and took flight, It was gone once again as the greatest heroes vanquished it into pure night. ANVI TUTEJA
They say, “Come out of your head and into the real world,” It’s the place where you’ll be really seen and heard,
And I say, “Don’t you think that I’ve tryin’, Don’t you think I’ve been up all night cryin’, Don’t you think I’ve been really sighin’, Don’t you think I’ve been inside dying,”
Don’t you think, Don’t you think, but no, you couldn’t care less, To you I’m just a pretty face in a dress, But now I’m done, I must confess, Because I’m so much more than what you guessed,
And I’m so much more than how I was seen, Because I can be everything that I’ve dreamed.
Hey guys, Anvi here. Well now I’m #finally14! so yay! I’m writing this blog post to say thank you. Thank you to my parents you upgraded my WordPress plan and got me my own domain: anvituteja.com. I love you more than all the candy in the world, (and that’s a whole lot…). Thank you to all my family and friends. You made my day, and I know you’ve loved me since I was born but I’ve loved you my whole life, here’s to anvituteja.com and everyone who made me feel special. Thank you all so much.
We once walked along the same path, But now it’s shrouded in mystery and dark, I see your footprints right next to mine, But I think you knew, I’d never step out of line,
But I don’t think you knew how much you made me feel, Because even I’m just realising, all this was real, You made me feel like a little girl again, barely fifteen, And you were the only one who could make me seem heard and seen,
You made me brave, You made me believe, That I could be more than how I was perceived, You were my strength, You were my pillar, And you didn’t let it turn me into a killer,
And maybe I’m writing love letters to a shadow, But every time I close my eyes, I see us in that meadow, So all I can say is: I wish love stories were true, Because nothing, nothing means more to me that the time I spent with you.
I don’t need a man to figure out who I’m supposed to be, For I am so much more than how society defines me,
I wish with all my heart that this wasn’t the world that I lived in, I wake in the night and curse this world of war, crime and sin,
I don’t need your stereotypes to define myself, I’m sorry, but please, keep your opinions to yourself,
I fear the day this world reaches a consensus, For the wars and battles from that moment on, I fear will be endless,
Humanity has become reckless, Frozen in a state of mind, Never stopping to wonder what is ethical, moral or right,
And they said, how could a scared little girl rise above the monsters and fight? And she replied, you can never lose your demons but you can always stand for what you believe is right,
And they looked on in wonder, as she stopped all the destruction, The very one they caged, came back to be their salvation,
And she became their new hope, a light in the dark, And then that world did, on a new journey embark,
And the old traditions, mandates and standards of the past, Became a thing so obscure that they could no longer last,
That world is now a haven, of those lost, scared and different, Because she opened their minds and thus their hearts, to those incandescent,
And they tell her story, even up till this day, For she was the true saviour who showed everyone the right way,
“She was just a little girl, who had the nerve to believe, That she could be much much more than how she was perceived.” ANVI TUTEJA
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