Writer’s Block

Akshat Shukla
Lit Up
Published in
1 min readMay 21, 2018
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Folded arms, weary eyes, drooping shoulders,
Staring at emptiness since words departed,
Fluttering pages unsettling the drifting thought,
Heavy steps of the crowd stomping the mind,
The heart laden with guilt, hope evaporating,
Shaking fingers, dying pen spilling out blue blood.

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Akshat Shukla
Lit Up
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He is a poet, short story writer, essayist, playwright, and research scholar based in Kanpur, India. His book 'Micropoems' is available on Pothi (www.pothi.com)