Illusion of choice

Illusion of choice The illusion of choice Is a powerful placebo People get to think There are more choices To choose from yet They tend to choose The one they would’ve Chosen even when There were no choices There’s a comfort in Choosing the known one Even when unknown ones Could be a sea change […]

To Search or not

Search implies curiosity It also implies vulnerability Not all searches Result in triumphant finding Most brings disappointments Some wreak emotional havocs To begin searching Aware of these outcomes Means accepting vulnerability To satisfy insatiable curiosity Does it mean To search is senseless? Just as everything else Including indifferent existence?

To see or not to see

Do people see What’s out there As it is, or People see what They want to If it’s latter then Does it tell More about people Or about the world? If everything out There is horrid What’s wrong in people Choosing what they’d Like to see One would better make Peace with it

Citadel

Citadels surveil & protect One builds inner citadel And surveils oneself To stay grounded And protects oneself From becoming stupid But constant surveilling Causes ceaseless tremors And continuous protection Makes one ignoramus The very causes Leading to inner citadels Get defeated by the citadels Citadels or not, this Indifferent life’s Sisyphean venture.

Stories

Stories that one tells To oneself are influential The origin for these – Is it the upbringing? Is it the environment? Is it the media? Is it the peer group? Is it the arts, or Is it the self Through its relentless thinking Makes up own stories? Within or without Stories are influential

Barriers

Hard to break barriers One doesn’t know about Harder to break barriers One knows well about Those one built oneself Over many years Knowingly sometimes Unknowingly other times Influenced by million factors All slicing the self By thousand cuts Forcing one build barriers To protect what’s left Of the desperate self Only to realize barriers […]

Weakness & Strength

To act under compulsion Is it weakness? To not act under compulsion Is it strength? Isn’t weakness defined by What one doesn’t? Isn’t strength defined by What one does? Strength and weakness Context changes everything To act or not act To be strong or be weak Is not as clear as One’d like to think!

Boring & Appealing

The boring mundane activities That one detests everyday Are the very ones One longs when sick Boring becomes appealing The appealing activities That one longs time-2-time Are the very ones One detests when repeated Appealing becomes boring Boring & appealing are one

Irresistible

The forever irresistible urge To think back on not act A privilege for few To act but not think A habit for many To think and Act Gets rarer everyday The always irresistible urge To value talk but Not walk the talk Is an omnipresent behavior That keeps world going No matter how shameful It […]

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?