Invisible

You choose to be invisible Not because you like it But because you’re unsure about being visible You remain invisible For you’re afraid of failure You remain invisible For you’re scared of success You remain invisible For there are moral peering eyes You remain invisible For there is crazy mob in the world You remain […]

Nonsense

Nonsense is quite common But it’s not omnipresent yet The day it becomes omnipresent Is the day that our world would flourish When everything you see around is nonsense And you being nonsensical yourself You’d be relieved of all your inhibitions You’d experience freedom in its pure form Your life loses all the meaning, that […]

Enigma

How people think is an enigma Why people think is also an enigma Why people fear almighty is an enigma How people accept the fear of almighty is also an enigma How people overcome hardships is an enigma Why people even overcome hardships is also an enigma Why people live in an bubble is an […]

Choose Wisely

You need something to hold onto More so in times of despair You choose philosophy It only pushes you deep into despair You choose community It makes you lose your individuality You choose faith It makes you lose your sanity You choose stimulants It numbs you to the core You choose absurdity It liberates you […]

Abandoning Reason

The more you bubble wrap yourself in reason The more you are prone to suffering from reason You make no attempt to expand(alter) your world view You dismiss others who challenge your world view You feel your reasoning is as strong as an armor of steel You think your reason will follow you till end […]

Delusion

One needs more vocabulary to Describe the horrors one sees As not all horrors are equal Describe the injustices meted out As not all injustices carry equal weight Describe the absurdity of existence As there are many flavors of it Describe the tranquility of insanity As it differs across age and people But there is […]

Count your blessings

Few sayings are more prevalent than This “Count your blessings” axiom, It reeks of self-centered high handedness, It demeans other people whom you compare To make yourself feel better for a while. You never care to understand the “others”, Still you in a heartbeat feel superior to them. But, hey, you never understood yourself, For […]

Hell

Sartre said “Hell is other people” Hell is not other people Hell is our “self” A reflective self is the hell An indifferent self is no self The self fights relentless battles Against the herd of sheep in the world Only to end up in hell But a reflective self cherishes this “hell” At all […]

Abyss

Good Read : Abyss

Writing

Sometimes one comes across a writing which, to use the oft repeated cliche, blows your mind. It could be a whole book, a whole chapter, a news article, an opinion piece or even a beautifully constructed sentence. Even if that book or an article, of which the sentence is a part, turns out to be […]