(In)Significance

Significance of life Lies in its insignificance Not all lives are insignificant Nor do all lives are significant There’s nothing significant about A journey towards eventual insignificance All the little significant milestones Along the journey are mere respites From the thought of eventual insignificance Cherish those milestones if you will But don’t ever take those […]

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 […]

Hope – A disorder

To be hopeful is a disorder Hope prolongs one’s suffering Hope traps one into a vicious circle To be hopeless is liberating One knows one’s action will not bring any results Why act in the first place? To accept the futility is better than having A false sense of comfort(hope) One can even act but […]

Kindness

A stranger helping an asshole Should one be angry at the unfair world, or Should one wonder if he deserve it Why should he deserve such kindness? Is it written or is he getting something back for Something he did before he became an asshole? If he passes on the help to a stranger Is […]

Do you prefer?

A life that’s smooth sailing or A life that navigates rough seas How can one even have a smooth sailing life? Only when the person shuts off completely From the surroundings and the inner voices Living a life no different from that of an automaton’s But, what if a day comes when that smooth sail […]

Abstain

You can abstain only when you’ve freedom You know your abstinence has no untoward consequences To abstain is a privilege that not all have To equate abstinence with lack of freedom is disingenuous What about abstaining from speaking out or taking actions Is it also freedom, one might ask It is the fear of losing […]

Privilege

To give up is privilege To be hopeless is privilege To not to worry is privilege To let evil crush you is privilege To be nihilistic is privilege To await death every day is privilege To let go off is privilege To genuflect before power is privilege To forget is the greatest privilege Inspiration

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 […]