Fear of Living

People fear not just of dying But they fear more of living As living entails – facing failures Dealing with uncertainties Coming to terms with the past Accepting one’s mediocrity and shortcomings Not knowing if one should yield to or fight The assured vicissitudes of life Above all – the certainty of eventual death It’s […]

Death of a tree

It was a strange feeling To witness the death of a tree There it was a standing giant An Abode for birds and A companion for lonely souls Reminding one of his insignificance By its mere existence Out of the blue came Men with power axe Chopping the tree down Making the birds refugees Taking […]

Carrying our cross

The world celebrates The One Who carried the cross on behalf of Human kind, yet there are countless People who carry their crosses non-stop The One was lucky to have endured the Suffering for a short time, but these others Have no end to their sufferings in sight Just like the case of The One, […]

Photos & Memories

Do Photos give meaning to our memories Or do memories give meaning to photos? If it is the latter, then aren’t we missing out On creating memories when taking photos? Or does taking photos aid us in forming memories? When memories are so fickle and mind forms its own memories by interpreting reality On its […]

Visibility

Some fighting to become visible While some fighting to become invisible Some shine light on the invisibles While some turn off the light of the visible Some shout their lungs out to become visible While others curl within themselves to be invisible People tend to believe in the eternal invisible being But not the ones […]

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 […]

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 […]

Forgiveness

Is Forgiveness a strength or weakness? Does it come from a place of understanding Or from a place of moral superiority? Or, Is it a sign of repression? Does it matter who forgives whom? Does it lead to peace and quiet, to The one who is forgiving? What about ones who are forgiven? Would forgiveness […]

False Positives

When you take a covid self-test What is the False positive? When you take the pregnancy test What is the False Positive? When you’re tested for a terminal illness What is the False Positive? So, are there any universal false positives, or All false positives relative?

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 […]