Are you for real??

You don’t mean what you sayYou don’t say what you thinkYou don’t do what you sayYou don’t believe what you think You don’t know what you readYou don’t read what you needYou don’t question what you readYou don’t pursue what you need You don’t know you wellYou follow others’ planYou live others’ lifeYour life’s just […]

Can you change?

What hurts your sentiments?A fellow being killed, orA commercial adWhat hurts your beliefs?A girl being brutalized, orA neighbor eating meatWhat hurts your sensitivities?A fellow human being discriminated, orA frigging movieYou obtained your sensitivitiesYou inherited your beliefsYou received your sentimentsYou have got nothing originalYou can still change, orYou can continue dying.

Define Yourself

Your work doesn’t define youNeither your relationshipYour wealth doesn’t define youNeither your social statusYour success doesn’t define youNeither your failureYour birth doesn’t define youNeither your deathYour virtues don’t define youNeither your vicesIf these don’t, then what would?We spend our lives trying to figure outOnly to realize it’s absurdity in the end.

(In) Authenticity

We all go around fakingLaughing at the authenticAuthenticity scares usFalsity consoles us We think we’re betterOur true self knows we’re notWe think we’re wiserOur intelligence knows we’re not We go around signalling virtuesLonging for our ego’s rescueWhen reality hits usOur Naked self terrifies us

What Will I Do?

Dissent or obey? If I were in Nazi Germany Blow the horn or stay silent? If I were in an unethical company Stand up or close my eyes? If I were in an immoral govt agency Help or betray my neighbor? If I were in a totalitarian regime Stand alone or dissolve in the crowd? […]

How to Name it?

A poem about Regret or about Delayed wish????

Present counsels past

Wish my 18 years old knew all these.

Conundrums – II

You read more, but you understand less You dream more, but you pursue less You say more, but you mean less You think more, but you do less You have more, but you feel less You remember more, but you process less You travel more, but you explore less You pretend more, but you feel […]

Conundrums

The more you read, the less you know The more you travel, the less you understand The more you think, the less you belong The more you fear, the less you live The longer you observe, the stupider you grow The longer you hope, the greater you suffer The longer you belong, the rustier you […]

An ode to Death

Fugacious life