Universal

Suffering is universal So does grief Pain is universal So does indifference Fury is universal So does disappointment Patience is universal So does giving up Injustice is universal So does covering up Idiocy is universal So does “learned” ignorance All these universals Cannot bring humanity together, ever!

Transform

“Transform yourself” Is easier said But hardly ever done How to transform oneself, In this rapidly deteriorating Forever falling into depths Dog eats dog world “Be yourself” never helped Nor will “Transform yourself” Unless one finds what or who One truly is, so “Find or Discover yourself” Before anything and everything.

Silence

“Speech is silver Silence is gold” Said the one Who want others To be controlled Silence has value, only When there’s nothing Valuable to be said All the rest of times Silence is compliance Silence is consensus Silence is obedience No wonder someone coined “Deafening Silence”

Reproach

People love to reproach others From a small issue to major blunder It gives them “power” over others Could be a peer or a “leader” It makes them feel better For they avoided such actions But deep in their hearts they know It is their older self they reproach For being naive and stupid both […]

Quarrel

Let the different voices In your head quarrel Out of that quarrel comes Something wonderful Let the different sides Of your nature quarrel Out of that quarrel comes Your one true nature Let the different quarreling view points In world history confound you Out of this confusion comes The clarity of thought Let the quarrel […]

Progress

Progress is mostly celebrated By those who gain something Those who lost something Are labelled naysayers, luddites & vilified The more progress societies make The more some people lose Should one care about those? Even if some try to care Will they’ve time to do In this rapid paced age? “Fail fast” is not the […]

Obscurantism

Obscurantists are reviled in society If we were in a different epoch Obscurantists would be burnt at the stake Not realizing every one of us is one We are the flag bearers of hypocrisy An ardent enforcers of others’ transparency and A loyal guardians of our secrecy What would become of such society? Would we […]

Nothingness

It is hard to think about nothing Thinking implies an object existence How can one think about nothing Is it just semantics or does it really exist (or not)? If nothingness is not omnipresent Why are people scared of it, is it Because it’s another being Just as phantoms and gods There was nothing before […]

Martyrdom

To whom we reward martyrdom, only To the one who died for a cause To the one who died for others To the one who died for an ideology To the one who got killed by an adversary To the one who died saving others, but Why not to the one who died for nothing […]

Leniency

Practice leniency for it cultures you Practice leniency for it shields you Practice leniency for it guides you Practice leniency for it empowers others Practice leniency for it changes societies Practice leniency for it makes life bearable Practice leniency not just for its benefits, but Practice leniency for leniency sake Not everything is a means […]