Tolerance

To what extent One be tolerant? Tolerant enough to – Ignore people’s idiocy Overlook others’ obliviousness Put up with insolence Let slide boneheadedness Forgive wanton ignorance Agree with indifference One’s self negligence Endure poor writing Is tolerating these A self-sabotaging technique?

Isolation

Isolation is needed sometimes To isolate oneself once a while, helps – To free oneself from humdrums To reconnect with solitude To question the prevalent absurdity To stay from the maddened “others” To hold on to the dwindling sanity Isolation is good in small doses Just as everything else In this indifferent existence

Rumination

Rumination is good Only in small doses Do it too long One invariably encounters oblivion Do it too often It loses its charm after a while Do it for all the “somethings” It gives a faux sense of achievement Do it for all the “whatifs” It paralyzes one’s life Can one ever stop ruminating? Yes, […]

Self-Introduction

There is a total senselessness in Self-introduction to strangers Unless one has a eidetic memory No stranger is going to remember, One’s weird name, even weirder occupation, then What’s the point in carrying on this Totally absurd shtick non-stop? Is this the unquenchable drive To feel self-important, or Is this the unwavering commitment To keep […]

Petty Quibbles II

Needless to say My own experience Don’t know if I can tell you this I think… I guess…,I think… I could be wrong Take what I am saying with a grain of salt I am not sure if I am the right person to tell you I guess I was wrong Sorry to bother you […]

Helping**

Helping at one’s convenience Does that count, or Helping at one’s own peril Is what that counts? Should one worry How or when one helps Isn’t any help better? But if one helps Only at when convenient Can that be termed help? Isn’t that a mere performance? But to the one who Is being helped […]

Surrender

Surrendering oneself to something Takes a lot of courage It means one’s ready to be vulnerable To undergo all tribulations But it also could imply Shying away from one’s responsibilities Not willing to decide for oneself How one looks at it Depends on where one stands It’s never black or white As everyone likes to […]

Shame – A Luxury

“Shame is a luxury” Said a movie character Come to think of it It’s indeed true One’s feeling of shame Dictated mostly by society And some in that society Cannot afford to feel ashamed, yet A society that pounces – On the vulnerable & misfortunate ones That does nothing to Alleviate their situations It’s the […]

Flight or Fight

Sometimes innocuous questions Lead to unintended consequences Sometimes well intentioned suggestions Interpreted as uninvited meddling Sometimes well thought out actions Result in grave situations Life has its own ways, irreverent About one’s intentions The question becomes Should one go Into the shadows, or Should one go Running to centre stage?

Shallow

Shallow are some lakes Shallow are most humans Not because they’re dumb But being shallow helps – To not ponder about deep subjects To escape clutches of looming dread To live an uneventful life society accepts To avoid having to seek solitude Is that a bad thing one might ask Just as every other question […]