Choose Wisely

You need something to hold onto More so in times of despair You choose philosophy It only pushes you deep into despair You choose community It makes you lose your individuality You choose faith It makes you lose your sanity You choose stimulants It numbs you to the core You choose absurdity It liberates you […]

Abandoning Reason

The more you bubble wrap yourself in reason The more you are prone to suffering from reason You make no attempt to expand(alter) your world view You dismiss others who challenge your world view You feel your reasoning is as strong as an armor of steel You think your reason will follow you till end […]

Delusion

One needs more vocabulary to Describe the horrors one sees As not all horrors are equal Describe the injustices meted out As not all injustices carry equal weight Describe the absurdity of existence As there are many flavors of it Describe the tranquility of insanity As it differs across age and people But there is […]

Count your blessings

Few sayings are more prevalent than This “Count your blessings” axiom, It reeks of self-centered high handedness, It demeans other people whom you compare To make yourself feel better for a while. You never care to understand the “others”, Still you in a heartbeat feel superior to them. But, hey, you never understood yourself, For […]

Cope Together

You think you are good at coping with All the hardships that life throws at you You become so good at coping That you believe you are special You see others who can’t cope As some sort of lesser beings You never realize your privileges That you’re born to and grow with You think you […]

Hell

Sartre said “Hell is other people” Hell is not other people Hell is our “self” A reflective self is the hell An indifferent self is no self The self fights relentless battles Against the herd of sheep in the world Only to end up in hell But a reflective self cherishes this “hell” At all […]

Writing

Sometimes one comes across a writing which, to use the oft repeated cliche, blows your mind. It could be a whole book, a whole chapter, a news article, an opinion piece or even a beautifully constructed sentence. Even if that book or an article, of which the sentence is a part, turns out to be […]

New Year

All those resolutions Would amount to nothing All those wishes Would most certainly not come true All those promises Would invariably be broken All those positive thoughts Would definitely be forgotten What would be left at the year end? Yet another meaningless year That amounted to nothing but sheer absurdity Imgsrc : Edvard Munch museum

Better lose hope – Hopefully

Deep down you want to find hope – In a world that’s totally uncaring With people who’re unimaginably stupid In a society that’s least bit bothered, To do what? To live a meaningful life, By finding ways to help others By throwing everything at saving planet By limiting your self-indulgence By making the earth a […]

Submit yourself

To those who you think are your superiors ‘coz you need a safe bubble To those who you think are powerful ‘coz you need a “trouble free” life To those who you think has a say over your life ‘coz you need to free yourself from thinking To those who you think designed your life […]