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

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 […]

Authentic Living

Are you an authentic being? How to live an authentic life? Can you ever be always authentic? All these and many more questions On authenticity have no answers Or sometimes have many answers Living faithfully on one’s own terms Is termed as authentic living, as some argue But where do these terms come from? If […]

Hiding

People hide behind ideas To not face the real world People hide behind customs To not face their doubts People hide behind dogmas To not face the changes People hide behind niceties To not face others’ ugly minds People hide behind work To not face the prevailing bleakness People hide behind lives To not face […]

Aggrieved Intelligence

Your intelligence is of no use Until it serves some higher power Your intelligence is not yours to lose It is for others to crush Your intelligence comes at the cost Of your serenity & peace Your intelligence doesn’t make you wise It makes you despise Your intelligence questions your existence But it forever fears […]

Mystery

Disclaimer: could be troubling, Readers’ discretion warranted People endure miseries In the hope of a better tomorrow A tomorrow that never comes What sustains their lives? The unending miseries Or the never diminishing hope Wouldn’t it be useful, if they Simply give up What stops them? The all powerful will to live Or the mere […]

Chaos and Order

You live in a chaotic world Yet you look for order in it You would rather prefer a boring order To an exciting chaos Chaos terrifies but liberates Order comforts but subjugates Chaos forces you to act Order holds you back Order is chaos’ eventuality Chaos is order’s eventuality Both these eventualities Drive you to […]

Chasm

There is a deep chasm between What people think of themselves and What they really are There is a deep chasm between What society proclaims as its norms and What its actions usually are There is a deep chasm between What the world ought to be and What the world actually is There is a […]

Certainty

Certainties are humans’ weakness They are certain that they are exceptional Only to be shown their places By microscopic organisms They are certain that they can control nature Only to be made helpless In the presence of natural calamity They are certain of their infallible intelligence Only to feel stupid By the silliest of errors […]