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 […]

Think Again

Think Again if you’re Who you think you’re Think Again if your thoughts Are really your thoughts Think Again if your life’s journey Is really your journey Think Again if the ideas you’ve Are really your ideas Think Again if all the misplaced anger Were really your genuine anger If one doesn’t Think Again One […]

Spring

Spring brings an end Not just to cold winters It brings a respite to The cold deep dark thoughts Spring sits right in the middle Of cold winter and warm summers Just as the flicker of Present Sits between cold past & burning future Spring signals rebirth and rejuvenation But also portends a warm summer […]

All that’s left of you

All that will be left of one Are the memories, even those Are going to be short lived Should one strive to leave Good memories for others? All that will be left of one Are digital traces, but those Are going to live forever Should one strive to leave Any digital traces at all? PS […]

Luggage Racks

People have deep inside them luggage racks Where they have their heavy luggages packed and dumped Luggages filled with many a thing – Unfulfilled desires set alongside irredeemable regrets Unexpressed compassion set alongside seething anger Insufferable pains packed along with unrealized joy Unknown wonders bundled together with known horrors Unquenched curiosity laced together with encountered […]

I want all

“I want all” – Authentically unselfish or Unadulteratedly selfish? Profusely compassionate or Unashamedly egotistic? Inexplicably stupid or Inherently brilliant? Should it only be either or?, or Can it be this and that? Just like everything else In this absurd universe Sometimes one wants all Other times one wants nothing Want all or want nothing, in […]

Under Control

People like to have things under control Deprived of which would terrify them To have things under control, or at least To have that “illusion” Is what keeps them going Is what makes them think they’re free, Is what keep their world intact For it is hard to fathom living A life that’s determined In […]