Shadows in paradise

Paradise was never lost nor regained Paradise is not made up nor imagined Paradise is real to those who strive for it Not to live in in their after lives But to create during their lives It isn’t a place of all sunshine & snowfalls It’s a place filled with ample shadows Of compassion & […]

The Bohemian Life

Not all artists would love an bohemian life For prevailing system enchains artists too Artists making arts for art sake Are accused of committing grave mistake By the expendables who relish the system While getting crushed by the very system True artists are neither inside nor outside the system They’re above & beyond the system […]

The Rip

Sometimes one need to just Rip apart the bandages The bandage of customs The bandage of norms The bandage of old people’s wisdom The bandage of imparted common knowledge And many more bandages Once ripped apart, there Opens new avenues to grow And those need to be ripped apart too For it’s too easy to […]

The sweet life

The sweet life is a dream Just as the other millions Perhaps only a new born will have one Can that be termed “sweet”? Will the lil one even appreciate it? Perhaps do gooders have one, but Is that an end in itself or just a means? Why should one even ponder? If a life’s […]

Silent Friend

Silent friend is whom everyone needs, to Observe you without surveilling Listen to you without interrupting Be there for you without imposing Rights you without belittling Grounds you without denigrating Stands with you without pretending Understand you without judging Silent friend is whom everyone needs PS : Inspired from Silent Friend

Lend me your hand

Lend me your hand, for together We can stand up for something Lend me your hand, for together We can take few others with us Lend me your hand, for together We can lift burden off of heavy shoulders Lend me your hand, for together We can take stranded souls across aisle Lend me your […]

Quantum of solace

Only a Quantum of solace is Needed for people to get going For just a tiny break from unending Sufferings is all one need to be alive Only a quantum of tranquility Needed for people to get going For just a tiny respite from engulfed Cacophony is one need to be sane Only a quantum […]

The Choral

A Choral is what the world needs For all the people in it, to Be part of a chorus and sing aloud A choral that can – Bring people closer Make space for everyone Inspire ones who can’t sing Show beauty in togetherness Distract even the dividers A choral is all the world needs PS […]

Beginnings

Every beginning is a choice A Choice to move in different path A Choice to take a stand For every beginning changes something A Change to the status quo A Change to the accepted wisdom For every beginning foretells something A foretelling of better future A foretelling of a new world For every beginning is […]

No other choice

No other choice exists but to grind through In this indifferent universe where – The past, the present & the future All exists at the same time and don’t exist at all The mundane keeps one rooted, and The one offs throw one off balance The finitude beckons at every turn, but The willful ignorance […]