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Continue reading →: Shadow of the DayDear Chester, The first line is always the toughest. Type, backspace. Type, enter. Type, delete document. I always pause, stutter, hesitate. Writing late into the silence of nights like these, I feel like I’m laying myself bare. I think of all those letters I never posted, the emails that are…
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Continue reading →: Neon, neon, neonIt’s the 13th of April. There’s something so inauspicious about today. Sinister, almost. I’m not a big fan of this month. I’m waiting for June, desperately. The moon is hanging low tonight, uncannily orange. From my window, it looks like a gigantic bulb in the sky. Alt-J just released the…
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Continue reading →: You’re not my sunshine
You’re not my sunshine You’re the night sky Studded with a million sparkly stars that reflect back My own vices, doubts, fears, dreams, questions I could lie underneath you Awake, uplifted, astute And if I could, I’d never let it turn into day Because the sun could never be what…
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Continue reading →: Hello, summer :)Seasons change slowly. It’s a process that takes days and weeks and months. But one summer evening when you’re sitting in bed, you realize it’s a bit chilly. So you take out your blanket and suddenly, winters are here! Change always occurs gradually, it’s the realization that hits all at once.…
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I’m Astha
Welcome to my blog. I use this space as a pensieve: a place to store my memories and feelings. It’s a rest house. An easy chair. A watering hole for the soul. I’m glad you’re here. Take a look around, make yourself at home ☕
Butterflies and Hurricanes 