Progress

Progress is mostly celebrated By those who gain something Those who lost something Are labelled naysayers, luddites & vilified The more progress societies make The more some people lose Should one care about those? Even if some try to care Will they’ve time to do In this rapid paced age? “Fail fast” is not the […]

Jeopardy

Guard your freedom with your life Else your life would be in jeopardy Guard your privacy with your might Else your thinking would be in jeopardy Guard your individuality from society Else your self would be in jeopardy Guard your kindness from the brutes Else your humanity would be in jeopardy Guard your irreverence from […]

Failure

Fail more fail often Move fast fail fast Known clichés of our times To fail is a privilege To fail forward is an even greater privilege, but For many, failure is not an option To those, whose life hang by a thread To those, whose success isn’t individualistic To those, whose failure kills others To […]

Empower

To empower someone is not To feel good about yourself To empower someone is not To exhibit your large heartedness To empower someone is not To give yourself more power To empower someone is not To play the part of invisible hand To truly empower someone is to Make yourself willingly vulnerable As being vulnerable […]

Control

To keep things in control Is a dream of everyone To keep one’s anger in check Is seen as a sign of maturity To keep one’s fantasies in control Is seen as a sign of normalcy To keep one’s actions in control Is seen as a sign of self-restraint To keep one’s thoughts in control […]

Compromise

Compromise is not a virtue It is a sign of fallibility One who could stand the ground In the presence of adversaries One who could tell the hard truth In the world of sycophants One who could veer away from the masses In the land of supine beings One who could really act In […]

Constraints

“Constraints liberate” a quote Attributed to Wittgenstein But do they really? Realizing that one’s capacities are constrained Could make one unapologetically enthusiastic, or Could make one irredeemably handicapped Realizing that one’s freedom is constrained Could make one unnaturally slavish, or Could make one uncontrollably fearless Realizing that one’s time(in the universe) is constrained Could make […]

Freedom

What’s Freedom? Freedom is not the ability to do things But it is the possibility to do things The choice to do or not do things The idea to do or not do things The opportunity to do or not do things Take away the choice, the idea, the opportunity What remains would be a […]