The Rip

Sometimes one need to just Rip apart the bandages The bandage of customs The bandage of norms The bandage of old people’s wisdom The bandage of imparted common knowledge And many more bandages Once ripped apart, there Opens new avenues to grow And those need to be ripped apart too For it’s too easy to […]

The sweet life

The sweet life is a dream Just as the other millions Perhaps only a new born will have one Can that be termed “sweet”? Will the lil one even appreciate it? Perhaps do gooders have one, but Is that an end in itself or just a means? Why should one even ponder? If a life’s […]

Silent Friend

Silent friend is whom everyone needs, to Observe you without surveilling Listen to you without interrupting Be there for you without imposing Rights you without belittling Grounds you without denigrating Stands with you without pretending Understand you without judging Silent friend is whom everyone needs PS : Inspired from Silent Friend

Lend me your hand

Lend me your hand, for together We can stand up for something Lend me your hand, for together We can take few others with us Lend me your hand, for together We can lift burden off of heavy shoulders Lend me your hand, for together We can take stranded souls across aisle Lend me your […]

Quantum of solace

Only a Quantum of solace is Needed for people to get going For just a tiny break from unending Sufferings is all one need to be alive Only a quantum of tranquility Needed for people to get going For just a tiny respite from engulfed Cacophony is one need to be sane Only a quantum […]

The Choral

A Choral is what the world needs For all the people in it, to Be part of a chorus and sing aloud A choral that can – Bring people closer Make space for everyone Inspire ones who can’t sing Show beauty in togetherness Distract even the dividers A choral is all the world needs PS […]

Beginnings

Every beginning is a choice A Choice to move in different path A Choice to take a stand For every beginning changes something A Change to the status quo A Change to the accepted wisdom For every beginning foretells something A foretelling of better future A foretelling of a new world For every beginning is […]

No other choice

No other choice exists but to grind through In this indifferent universe where – The past, the present & the future All exists at the same time and don’t exist at all The mundane keeps one rooted, and The one offs throw one off balance The finitude beckons at every turn, but The willful ignorance […]

Think Again

Think Again if you’re Who you think you’re Think Again if your thoughts Are really your thoughts Think Again if your life’s journey Is really your journey Think Again if the ideas you’ve Are really your ideas Think Again if all the misplaced anger Were really your genuine anger If one doesn’t Think Again One […]

Spring

Spring brings an end Not just to cold winters It brings a respite to The cold deep dark thoughts Spring sits right in the middle Of cold winter and warm summers Just as the flicker of Present Sits between cold past & burning future Spring signals rebirth and rejuvenation But also portends a warm summer […]