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Namaskar everyone! I am Manvi Mehta, hailing from Jaipur, the Gulabi Nagari of Rajasthan. I am a published poet and have two poetry books to my credit. I have been an Assistant Professor of Economics and thoroughly enjoyed my role as an educator. Currently, I am working as a Young Professional at NITI Aayog, New Delhi. I have a curious mind that inclines toward reading, writing, singing, and cooking. I love dogs and I feel that having a pet is a blessing! I wish to end the stigma around Mental Illness and aspire to break the taboo by being vocal about it.
Death
Invitation slipped by,
Death stood staring at me,
as if the Oracle had blown its trumpet,
as if the fire was ready to consume me,
as if the earth was ready to embrace me, an invitation I declined.
Death stared at me,
I stared back into its very eyes,
in its very presence, neither I begged, nor did I plead.
I was drunk on life, and that I declared.
I fought and fiercely fought against destiny,
against fate, against odds,
I emerged stronger and
I murdered death.
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