Goals

Why are goals important? What’s so pleasing about Setting some and achieving those Do all goals have the same value? What about those who coast through Lives without ever settling or realizing goals Are those ones’ lives any less valuable? Are goals one more futile attempt At making life worth living, or It is another […]

Belonging

People long for belonging Why does one belong somewhere? Is it the people there, or Is it the place in itself, or Is it simply the fact that one Is not somewhere else, or Is it the environment/nature? What makes one want to belong? Is it the inherent insecurity of life, or Is it the […]

Past

Your past is what makes you Its infinite tentacles enmesh One’s existence with no respite If there is any Eternal Recurrence As conceived by the moustached madman It certainly is the past, for it Keeps following one till the end It never lets you off of its hook, nor It allows you to let it […]

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 […]

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 […]

Randomness

Randomness disturbs order And people hate disorder Yet they welcome some randomness That comforts them, positively surprises them But they detest other randomness That makes them feel odd, feel excluded The same phenomenon yielding different responses Just like every other thing in this thing called “existence” How should one deal with randomness then? Should one […]

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?

Unacceptable

What’s unacceptable in a society? Thinking “abnormalities”, or Acting on those “abnormalities” What if no one witnesses or knows that Someone acted on those abnormalities? Even if someone knows, what if Those abnormalities affect only the One who indulges in, is it still unacceptable? Even if it affects others, what if Those very abnormalities are […]

(Un)Importance

You thought being educated Makes you important When it didn’t you thought Being well employed does When it didn’t you believed Being a do-gooder would help When it didn’t you presumed Being a cynic does When it didn’t you decided Being a nihilist would come in handy, but Nothing would ever make you important Your […]

(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 […]