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inertia-writes · 7 days

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You tell me how you're addicted to coffee,

And I think about how I'm addicted to you.

I live from one poem to another,

But mostly I live for the days I can see you.

Your energy keeps my world spinning,

Its enormity rivals the sun.

You're the centre of my galaxy

Around you, I always turn.

You tell me about how life is an adventure,

And I believe that mine is because you're in it.

You tell me how love is a losing game,

And I believe that you could positively win it.

But if I was a part of this game,

I'm afraid the ending wouldn't be sweet.

Taking chances is harder,

When all I've known is defeat.

And I relate to those Lemony Snicket quotes,

More and more as I get older,

'For Beatrice, summer without you is as cold as winter.

Winter without you, is even colder.'

So lately I've stopped praying,

And asking the universe for signs.

I don’t want to be someone,

Who spends eternity reading between lines.

For I've had enough of yearning,

Enough of going with the flow.

If there's a possibility of us,

You can let me know.

And here's how I'll end this for you -

You're in my life, and I'm glad

You make me love the world.

And it feels like the world loves me back :)

#inertia writes #poems on love #poems on live #poems on friendship #poems for friends #poems on unrequited love #unrequited love #couldn't think of a title for this poem oof #got inspired by a song by itg studios - it might be love #was also going through lemony snicket quotes ahh #such beauty in that #i wrote this poem based on songs and quotes that made me happy and sappy lol #desi poetry #desiblr #one day i'll give this poem a title - don't know when but eventually yes

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inertia-writes · 13 days

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dehradun days

you meet them for the first time,

knowing it's probably the last.

might as well make the most of this time,

since life comes at you fast.

you find the strangest of signals

in the no-network zones.

cross-tent communication with folks,

just rambling about the unknown.

there's the warmth of shared laughter,

that carries you through freezing nights,

and you look up at the flickering stars,

to finally see things in a different light.

and at 11,000 ft above sea level

you finally reach the peak,

just to realise the joy was in the journey,

and the friends you made that week.

you'll visit caves & splendid cafes,

and remember the city in mere parts,

but years later, you'll still tell everyone,

how dehradun captured your heart.

#inertia-writes #poets on tumblr #desi poetry #dehradun poetry #poems on india #poems on life #desiblr #being desi #dehradun #i went on a trek w the lowest of expectations and it was one of the best experiences of my life #it's so refreshing to meet people from different cities and of different ages and backgrounds #jan and feb were pretty meh but things have been looking upwards from march (thank you god - i acknowledge your existence)#thought of writing a happy poem for a change of tone (and also maybe because i am genuinely happy :) )#this isn't one of my best poems i feel - it's a bit unrefined - but who cares it is one of my happy ones sooooo #there are times when absolutely nothing significant happens and there are days when years happen #i didn't go in the mountains for solitude - i felt that here already haha. i went for a change.#but i gained so many memories w people and so many positive perspectives that i needed in general. also nayata premier league <3 #i think i believe in destiny now. i was destined to meet those people and have a good time and come back to reality w a spring in my step #and maybe the mountains were calling. can't stay away from snow too long - i was born during snowy days anyway #came back home and am still in some weird positive trance - good for me #also my lucky streak is still going on - kaavish released a new song #historic moment in time (thank you god 2x)#poems on friendship #found family #poems on found family #all the may '23 - feb '24 melancholy has been washed out of my system. i am now set for the next tragedy of my life lol #dekhte hai kab tak khush rehti hu mein - kuch bhayankar honewala hai aisa lag raha hai #i do not remember the last time i was happy for a month straight - am i living in a virtual simulation?#whoever is controlling my life rn - i would like to continue to stay in this simulation - thanks v much

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inertia-writes · 2 months

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out of it

i've been running into you at places,

and i see you for what you really are

you're just one of those people

who's way better from afar.

but there was a time before this,

those days I wish I could freeze.

i still remember everything --

the walks, outings & monsoon breeze.

23 revolutions around the sun,

yet I wouldn't call myself smart.

to think I was falling in love,

when I was gradually falling apart.

i wrote all those things for you,

thought thrice before i sent them.

you never wrote any words in response,

but it's not like you would've meant them.

you left me waiting & ...waiting

i went from dreaming to losing sleep.

if no love's ever wasted,

i suppose mine was never yours to keep.

so I'll watch from the sidelines,

knowing there's nothing holding us together.

maybe I couldn't find love,

but I've found peace for the better.

#decided to write this after february because of the anti-love nature of the poem #sometimes i adore the idea of love then i'm like - no i'm just a hopeless romantic / poet (same thing at times)#all it takes is a great deal of emotional turmoil and constant torment to write a poem #maybe one day i'll write a full-length poem when i'm happy lmao #prioritise your peace #my urge to disappear in nov-dec-jan every year is real. let a capricorn live ffs.#poems on love #poems on friendship #poetry on tumblr #desi poetry #more like desi pain lol #poems on unrequited love #i wish i got paid to write poems ahh #but then i'd have to put myself in emotionally unstable situations - not worth it #always know that losing people is better than sticking around inconsiderate ones :)

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inertia-writes · 6 months

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i want my friends to be happy in this life and the next one and the one that comes after. i hope their days are filled with laughter.

#4liners4friends #inertia-writes #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #poems on friendship #poems on love #happy diwali #i hope everyone's happy and loved #i wish this for my friends and family and for myself :)#probably not for myself - one lifetime is enough for me lol

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inertia-writes · 6 months

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this is what the world's come to

The terrace is still as it was

but it's no longer like home.

I used to watch sunsets from here

But now all I see is stone.

This what we're all about

Reinventing some concrete scene.

I stare at a blockade of buildings

I can only see the sun from the gaps in between.

I think about these new places for living,

And how their creation comes with this cost.

I want everything to go down to the ground

Just to get back what I've lost.

#inertia-writes #i can't take sky pics anymore #there's not much to capture if everything i see is artificial #sunrises/sunsets/sunlight sources are now unavailable thanks to rapid urbanisation #i will die of vitamin d deficiency istg #then you can use my ashes to help in the construction of the next builiding

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inertia-writes · 6 months

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"You rarely get your pictures taken

So I memorized your shy smile,

It's the thought of you that

Makes living a bit more worthwhile."

-- inertia m.

#inertia-writes #4liners4friends #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #poems on love #soft love #watched my fav romcom and felt inspired to write something warm and fuzzy #while you were sleeping (1995) is one of my all-time fav movies btw #makes me love the idea of love #also very natural acting by sandra bullock and bill pullman - they made the movie a classic for me <3 #i'm glad to have come across that movie - it's my comfort film now

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inertia-writes · 1 year

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"They say our friendship won’t last forever

And the world will get in between,

But they don't know the fact,

That you're the world for me."

-- inertia m.

#inertia-writes #4liners4friends #poems on friendship #poems on platonicity #poems on love #poems on sunshine #friends are like sunshine i think #find the right ones and you'll always be warm #friendship poems #poems on tumblr #poets on tumblr #decided to write a happy poem after all i've done is complain about life lol

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inertia-writes · 1 year

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"It's hard to keep yourself afloat

When it's easier to just sink

What kind of life is worth living?

If you're always living on the brink"

-- inertia m.

#it's an occasional thought that occurs #but hey atleast i'm honest about it #4liners4friends #poems on tumblr #poets on tumblr #poems on anxiety #depression #sorrow #exhaustion #tired #sad poems #it gets better #you just don't know when #inertia-writes

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inertia-writes · 2 years

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" तुमसे नफरत में कहा हुआ

हर एक शब्द मुझे चुभता है

दूसरो का दिल दुखाते वक्त

खुद का दिल भी दुखता है "

-- inertia m.

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inertia-writes · 2 years

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"Don't ask me how I'm doing,

I've been avoiding the truth.

I've already wasted my potential,

And now I'm wasting my youth"

-- inertia m.

#poets on tumblr #poetry #poems #4liners4friends #liners #poetry on tumblr #youth #wasted potential #wasted youth #what every teenager feels #inertia-writes #keep on avoiding the things you have to do and then it'll going to hit you like a fully loaded truck #:(#sad truth

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inertia-writes · 2 years

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"You always hang out with me,

Even though you're one of a kind.

I don't feel the need for others,

You're better than everyone else combined."

-- inertia m.

#inertia-writes #4liners4friends #liners on friendship #quotes on friendship #platonic love #platonicity #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #poetry #loneliness #i met this one girl in 6th grade who made me feel less lonely and out of place #she was so different from me then yet we had this awesome friendship #i felt like i belonged and i still love being around her #she doesn't read my poems but i hope she knows how much i love her gosh #she still makes me laugh so much #childhood best friends become family over the years #and honestly i wouldn't want friendship to be any other way

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inertia-writes · 2 years

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go on without me, this is all i am

you're two steps taller than me,

with an award-winning smile.

you're going to go places,

you're already ahead by miles.

you tell me to work harder,

for there's so much yet to see.

i know i have one life,

but i'm afraid this is all i'll ever be.

i wish i had half your intelligence,

or something worth living for.

I amount to nothing, really

nothing as close to what's yours.

you always do exceptional things.

i just do what's required.

even the bare minimum's difficult,

when you're dull & uninspired.

you'll go to new places, see new faces.

in the meantime, I'll be here.

maybe I'll level up & tag along,

once I'm over my fears.

i may not be close to where you are

in the scheme of things, what's a small delay?

just because things aren't looking up now,

doesn't mean it will be like this always.

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inertia-writes · 2 years

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42

I'm sorry we never made it,

But know that I was willing to come halfway.

Our distance kept on expanding,

Even though I lived forty-two minutes away.

Talking + texting overtime,

Sending each other recs & songs.

But it’s funny how you felt that

Forty-two minutes was way too long.

I heard you met up with your friends,

When I'd been talking to you since last May.

It's a shame you never came here instead,

For I only lived forty-two minutes away.

Do you know how elated I was?

When you bought yourself a car,

You took long drives to the seams of the city,

But forty-two minutes seemed too far.

I said I hadn’t been feeling well for days,

Yet you never dropped by once,

That’s the moment it clicked for me

How forty-two minutes made all the difference.

You once said you'd give me the world,

And that might've been true,

But all I had ever wanted was

Forty-two minutes from you.

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inertia-writes · 3 years

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He doesn’t know where he stands.

Allonormativity & standard definitions of love,

He'd never been able to escape them all.

All these years of running away from them,

He wished he'd just crash somewhere and fall.

But then, they crossed paths,

And something within him shifted.

Her world was pretty much the same,

But his was left tilted.

The end came before the beginning,

For he knew he couldn't love people in their way,

So he decided to let her go,

Even though there was so much left to say...

But was their love a video game?

Overcoming obstacles, unlocking new lands?

She was levels above him on the scoreboard

And he still doesn't know where he stands.

He had never been fonder of anyone

But he couldn't tell her this over text.

What was the point of his feelings?

If there was nothing coming next.

She refused to see him as he was,

And suddenly, all his feelings were divided.

If she had actually ever liked him,

Their depth wouldn't have been one-sided.

He’ll write her a stupid poem,

Until his words are no longer suppressed.

But that poem will never reach her,

And maybe that's for the best.

#inertia-writes #asexuality #aromantic #aromanticism poems #aromantic poems #ace poems #poems on platonicity #poems on friendship #poems on unrequited love #i'm just adding every tag lol #allonormativity #poets on tumblr #poetry #poems on tumblr #ace #aroace #one-sided love #one-sided depth

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inertia-writes · 3 years

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You taught me how to spread goodness, By caring and giving... I guess there's love in these little things, And there's love in simply living :)

inertia m.

#inertia-writes #4liners4friends #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #friendship #poems on friendship #platonic love #platonicity #love #poems on life #poems on living #caring #giving #there's love in little things #little things #love is love #live a little #love a little more

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inertia-writes · 3 years

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The thing about isolation, Is that it's not good in excess. It's the high of solitude, That turns into the low of loneliness.

inertia m.

#inertia-writes #poems on loneliness #lonely #solitude #alone #peace #being alone #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #poetry on tumblr #too much introverting is bad for health #but solitude is bae #4liners4friends

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inertia-writes · 3 years

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Filling the void is easy, When everyone's internet-latched, There's you and your pointless conversations, And there's me, emotionally detached.

inertia m.

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