What ifs & if only

Life is nothing but Full of What ifs & If only All the things that didn’t happen And all the things that did happen Could’ve gone either way But it all went the way it did With or without of your choosing Yet these what ifs and if only Have the potential to make The […]

Past

Your past is what makes you Its infinite tentacles enmesh One’s existence with no respite If there is any Eternal Recurrence As conceived by the moustached madman It certainly is the past, for it Keeps following one till the end It never lets you off of its hook, nor It allows you to let it […]

Memory Movie

Observing Thoughts is a scary endeavour One starts with a silly thought of a memory That was formed years ago Out of nowhere one observes mind strings Together a set of memories that Had no relation with one another One wonders how mind could pull this off Stringing unrelated memories into one cohesive film Isn’’t […]

Fear Cycle

Fear of being vulnerable Gives way to fear of failure Which in turn instills fear of trying Which holds one down in the known Even if it is the abyss that’s known The known gives a false comfort Only to annihilate oneself When the inevitable arrives All these stem from the fear of losing Control […]

Fear of Living

People fear not just of dying But they fear more of living As living entails – facing failures Dealing with uncertainties Coming to terms with the past Accepting one’s mediocrity and shortcomings Not knowing if one should yield to or fight The assured vicissitudes of life Above all – the certainty of eventual death It’s […]

Fear of the Real or the Abstract?

Which is more scary? Losing Freedom or Dying? Death is a given for every one, unlike Freedom which is precious, hence People die fighting for freedom However, if one were given a choice To choose between no freedom and death Most people would choose the former They give up on the precious abstract Because of […]

Death of a tree

It was a strange feeling To witness the death of a tree There it was a standing giant An Abode for birds and A companion for lonely souls Reminding one of his insignificance By its mere existence Out of the blue came Men with power axe Chopping the tree down Making the birds refugees Taking […]

Carrying our cross

The world celebrates The One Who carried the cross on behalf of Human kind, yet there are countless People who carry their crosses non-stop The One was lucky to have endured the Suffering for a short time, but these others Have no end to their sufferings in sight Just like the case of The One, […]

Writing – II

Why do people write? To flush out their thoughts To put in words their observations To make a statement To feel superior, or To reaffirm their inconsequence Now with all these “AI”s Vomiting sentences at rapid pace, and People quenching their thirst by drinking it Why should one write? Maybe, it is an act of […]

Photos & Memories

Do Photos give meaning to our memories Or do memories give meaning to photos? If it is the latter, then aren’t we missing out On creating memories when taking photos? Or does taking photos aid us in forming memories? When memories are so fickle and mind forms its own memories by interpreting reality On its […]