Time – All in One, One in All

There is no past If there’s no present Present realizes the past Sows the seeds for the future Life is series of present moments Where both past resides And future’s always there, but Does the future drives the present Or the past makes present, Does it really matter For an absurd existence PS: Inspired by […]

Clarity

Clarity about power Emasculates you Clarity about injustice Numbs you Clarity about freedom Enslaves you Clarity about human stupidity Isolates you Clarity about death Kills you Clarity about absurd Unshackles you Img src: Water Exhibition

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 […]