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To get worked up Only for things under One’s control – is lauded And preached by all To differentiate what is From what’s not is Something to be pondered It isn’t for all But the key to Get through this indifferent Existence is to think And hope nothing is Under one’s control for Holding the […]

No Title 24

To swim against tide Is usually appreciated As the applauders want The doer to know That they cannot do But they appreciate Not stand with doer But just appreciate This way they could Have their cakes And eat those too One could even let The naysayers off the hook But these fence sitters Don’t merit […]

No Title 23

Being sure of Everything seems impossible Especially if one’s Speciality lies in Overthinking simple stuffs Being doubtful of Everything seems simple Especially if one’s Speciality lies in Not trusting anything Being sure or Being doubtful is Neither helpful Nor harmful For one fact Everyone’s sure of And one fact No one doubts Is the universe’s […]

No Title 22

To utter inappropriate Words at inopportune Moments is better Than staying silent? To stay silent During crucial moments Is better than Saying inappropriate words? Staying silent or Uttering inappropriate words Is a choice One ought to Make always but The choice is Not so easy As it seems

No Title 21

Does overthinking save People from acting Later regretting it Or does it Prevent people acting Later relishing it Does overthinking stop People from choosing Later deriding themselves Or does it Make people choose Later celebrating it Does overthinking force One to write Later boast it Or does it Make one refrain Later self-flagellating for it

No Title 20

To have or lose Innocence isn’t entirely Within one’s control To stay innocent Into adult life A luxury not Available to everyone To lose innocence Very early stage A privation forced Upon select few Having or losing Innocence isn’t entirely Within one’s control

No Title 19

Do Doubts arise from: Being too ignorant Being too intelligent Having less clarity Having abundant clarity Feeling less self-assured Feeling more self-assured Accepting one’s vulnerability Resisting one’s vulnerability Being thrown into An Indifferent universe Left for oneself Humans need doubts Not to find Answers but to Keep them safe From looming ennui

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When access widens Diverse views increase Good faith and Bad faith arguments Between old & new Guards flourish invariably Out of this Bloom better outcomes Widening access enriches The impoverished existence For universe has Just enough capacity To intake all Of humanity’s labor For universe knows In the long-run Nothing lasts forever

No Title 17

To hold on To let go Hardest choice there Hold on forever Get past stuck Miss out future Let go easily Risk of deracination Miss being nostalgic Is balance possible Or it’s essential Just as rest This is unanswerable

No Title 16

Story telling matters Does it matter From whose perspective Story is told? In the end What one gets Is tiny slice of the whole No matter who Tells the story Same as life Where one gets To live through Just tiny slice Of the whole Everyone rather not See the whole For existence intimidates The […]