Impertinent

Impertinent words sting Impertinent advice belittles Impertinent actions debase Impertinent silence squanders Impertinent boasting ridicules Impertinent inaction invalidates Impertinent laughter besmirches Impertinent writing insulates

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?

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.

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

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

Past experience Past History Pre Recorded Don’t get me wrong Don’t tell to others Don’t let others tell you what you must do Not sure if I can tell this Not sure if I can tell this now Not sure if I remember this right Best(worst) of the lot Final Destination

Routine

To have a routine – Implies one’s life largely – Goes by set of expected events Is devoid of any unpleasant surprises Has activities to get distracted Has a beginning & an ending every day Yet does routine take away life’s essence? The ability to get surprised by events Happening in next second/minute/day? Is building […]

Oracle

People look for oracles Not ‘cause they believe But it gives them respite From the inane mundanity To hold onto something That might or might not happen Helps them cope with the present Some oracles might bring dread That put people’s current Troubles in perspective All people want is to Put behind the troubled past […]

Disengage

To disengage from society Is not to seclude oneself But staying clear of the cacophony To disengage from impassioned arguments Is not to give up one’s beliefs But preserving one’s inner harmony To disengage from one’s thoughts Is not to disengage from oneself But holding on to sanity in an insane world To disengage from […]

Holding on

People hold on dearly to Insignificant events & things In the hope of Having meaning in life People hold on dearly to Irreconcilable ideas & inane thoughts In the hope of Feeling ahead of others People hold on dearly to Invisible beings & inexplicable phenomenons In the hope of Understanding some larger wisdom People hold […]