Shame

When does one feel ashamed? Or rather why does one feel ashamed? If one lives outside of social norms Can one be ashamed of anything? Who defines what’s shameful? When one feels ashamed of one’s actions Does this feeling come from within? If yes, is it a basic feeling in us? How would a society […]

Randomness

Randomness disturbs order And people hate disorder Yet they welcome some randomness That comforts them, positively surprises them But they detest other randomness That makes them feel odd, feel excluded The same phenomenon yielding different responses Just like every other thing in this thing called “existence” How should one deal with randomness then? Should one […]

Anticipation

When one is traumatized by anticipation? When something that’s never happened Happens out of nowhere or When something that happens often Stops happening for no reason? Which of the two kinds is the worst? What gives rise to this weird feeling? The unwavering hopefulness about the future, or The unstoppable hopelessness of the present If […]

Who’s leading who?

Are the pets leading the owners, or Are the owners holding back the pets? Are the parents leading their children, or Are the children holding back their parents? Is the society holding you back, or Are you longing for the society to hold you back? Are you leading the life, or Is the life leading […]

Indifference or Acknowledgment?

What kind of life you want? A life known to others but You end up dead A life unknown to others but You live with your sufferings All lives begin and end with death But some lives defy death In a way that befuddles most All of us are thrown into this Meaningless existence But […]

Unacceptable

What’s unacceptable in a society? Thinking “abnormalities”, or Acting on those “abnormalities” What if no one witnesses or knows that Someone acted on those abnormalities? Even if someone knows, what if Those abnormalities affect only the One who indulges in, is it still unacceptable? Even if it affects others, what if Those very abnormalities are […]

Separation

Can one separate art from artists? Can one separate artists from their ideas? Can one separate ideas from its origins? Do these doubts matter at all? Can one separate doubts from its doubter? Can one separate doubters from their environment? Can one separate environment from its nature? Do these questions matter at all? The most […]

Imagine

What can one Imagine? Something that one never saw, or Only the things that one ever saw Can one one imagine something That one never saw? Won’t that be simply based on the things That one saw but, maybe in an enhanced or strange way? Is there an imagination unadulterated by the reality Of one’s […]

Fear

Fear is the root of all evil Fear of power makes you servile Fear of others makes you shrink Fear of uncertainty makes you rigid Fear of independent thinking makes you Part of faceless mob Fear of reflection makes you an automaton Fear of failures makes you arrogant Fear of your true self makes you […]

(Un)Importance

You thought being educated Makes you important When it didn’t you thought Being well employed does When it didn’t you believed Being a do-gooder would help When it didn’t you presumed Being a cynic does When it didn’t you decided Being a nihilist would come in handy, but Nothing would ever make you important Your […]