Landay Poems

A series

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Your love made for the perfect tinder
It sparked a flame in me that continues to grow wild

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You have two eyes, and yet you can’t see
Becoming blind when other people are suffering

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Her memory ingrained in my mind
like a wax seal, firmly pressed into my brain, she lives

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I, like a flower, too bright and bold
was robbed of my petals but not my will to survive

Thank you Neera Handa Dr for introducing me to landay poems. She wrote a beautiful landay and informed us about the history behind this style of poetry. According to Neera Handa Dr