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 […]

Memories

People say only memories Matter in the end, that All of us will end up only being in Others’ memories But what does this craving mean? The craving to live long after death Humans are so self-centered that All they could think is about their “immortality” In the larger scheme of things Nature treats just […]

Seriously?

Should you take your words seriously, or Should you take your actions seriously? Should you take others’ opinions seriously, or Should you take others’ indifference seriously? Should you take the prevailing world view seriously, or Should you take the opposing view seriously? Should you take your reason seriously, or Should you take your passion seriously? […]

Here & There

You capture a moment Wanting to save for your fall years When you got nothing to do But to reminisce your past life The moment would be long gone So will your memory of it be Yet a small glimpse of the captured moment Floods you with all the feelings You didn’t know you had […]

Deny Deny Deny

Deny that your life has any meaning Deny that your decisions are yours Deny that you’ve a life after death Deny that your identity is fixed Deny that your happiness is all that matters Deny that you’re free Deny that your present is the only true thing Deny that your suffering makes you stronger Deny […]

Lost in the present

People advise to Live in the present You not just live in the present But you get lost in the present All the things you do to Stop dreading the inevitable Make you get lost in the present, ‘coz When(IF) you project yourself in the past Or into the future, your being gets rattled So […]

Negativity

People say don’t be negative But what does being negative mean? On the other hand, what is to be positive about? You’re thrown into the universe Without even being asked Only from the day one (un)knowing That there will be an end someday Always on your toes trying to Live just another day before the […]