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

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 […]

Becoming an adult

When one really becomes an adult? When one gets the privilege to vote? What about those who don’t live in a “Democracy”? When one starts to earn? What about those who don’t need to earn? When one gets stuck in an endless daily routine? What about those who don’t have a daily routine? When one […]

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 […]

Innocent Kids

Innocence has always been selective It comes with multiple asterisks Some kids have the rightful claim to innocence While Some kids have to fight for its innocence Some kids get the benefit of always being innocent While some kids get the benefit of always being evil Some starving “innocent” kids are welcomed with open hearts […]

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

Obsolescence

The realization that your death Is inevitable frees you of your fears You put your life at risk For the sake of others You record everything For the future generations You think beyond your demise And leave a legacy surprise You cherish those who stood by you And forgive those who wronged you You might […]

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 […]