Lying

Lying is an uniquely human trait That saves(d) people from suffering From the time immemorial The lies about a better future The lies about an after life The lies about a forgiving almighty The lies about the life’s purpose And countless more From families to societies From corporations to nation states All are held in […]

Authentic Living

Are you an authentic being? How to live an authentic life? Can you ever be always authentic? All these and many more questions On authenticity have no answers Or sometimes have many answers Living faithfully on one’s own terms Is termed as authentic living, as some argue But where do these terms come from? If […]

Hiding

People hide behind ideas To not face the real world People hide behind customs To not face their doubts People hide behind dogmas To not face the changes People hide behind niceties To not face others’ ugly minds People hide behind work To not face the prevailing bleakness People hide behind lives To not face […]

Mystery

Disclaimer: could be troubling, Readers’ discretion warranted People endure miseries In the hope of a better tomorrow A tomorrow that never comes What sustains their lives? The unending miseries Or the never diminishing hope Wouldn’t it be useful, if they Simply give up What stops them? The all powerful will to live Or the mere […]

Chaos and Order

You live in a chaotic world Yet you look for order in it You would rather prefer a boring order To an exciting chaos Chaos terrifies but liberates Order comforts but subjugates Chaos forces you to act Order holds you back Order is chaos’ eventuality Chaos is order’s eventuality Both these eventualities Drive you to […]

Chasm

There is a deep chasm between What people think of themselves and What they really are There is a deep chasm between What society proclaims as its norms and What its actions usually are There is a deep chasm between What the world ought to be and What the world actually is There is a […]

Seriously?

Should you take your words seriously, or Should you take your actions seriously? Should you take others’ opinions seriously, or Should you take others’ indifference seriously? Should you take the prevailing world view seriously, or Should you take the opposing view seriously? Should you take your reason seriously, or Should you take your passion seriously? […]

Here & There

You capture a moment Wanting to save for your fall years When you got nothing to do But to reminisce your past life The moment would be long gone So will your memory of it be Yet a small glimpse of the captured moment Floods you with all the feelings You didn’t know you had […]

Deny Deny Deny

Deny that your life has any meaning Deny that your decisions are yours Deny that you’ve a life after death Deny that your identity is fixed Deny that your happiness is all that matters Deny that you’re free Deny that your present is the only true thing Deny that your suffering makes you stronger Deny […]

Lost in the present

People advise to Live in the present You not just live in the present But you get lost in the present All the things you do to Stop dreading the inevitable Make you get lost in the present, ‘coz When(IF) you project yourself in the past Or into the future, your being gets rattled So […]