Projection

Humans project their thinking On to others In a blink To avoid assuming responsibility But there’s good In some projections One notices in self The very trait Projected on others Do humans need it To realize self-inadequacy Vicariously understand oneself ? Or is it nature’s Way of making Irredeemable humans grounded? Note : Projection

Illusion of choice

Illusion of choice The illusion of choice Is a powerful placebo People get to think There are more choices To choose from yet They tend to choose The one they would’ve Chosen even when There were no choices There’s a comfort in Choosing the known one Even when unknown ones Could be a sea change […]

Citadel

Citadels surveil & protect One builds inner citadel And surveils oneself To stay grounded And protects oneself From becoming stupid But constant surveilling Causes ceaseless tremors And continuous protection Makes one ignoramus The very causes Leading to inner citadels Get defeated by the citadels Citadels or not, this Indifferent life’s Sisyphean venture.

Stories

Stories that one tells To oneself are influential The origin for these – Is it the upbringing? Is it the environment? Is it the media? Is it the peer group? Is it the arts, or Is it the self Through its relentless thinking Makes up own stories? Within or without Stories are influential

Barriers

Hard to break barriers One doesn’t know about Harder to break barriers One knows well about Those one built oneself Over many years Knowingly sometimes Unknowingly other times Influenced by million factors All slicing the self By thousand cuts Forcing one build barriers To protect what’s left Of the desperate self Only to realize barriers […]

Isolation

Isolation is needed sometimes To isolate oneself once a while, helps – To free oneself from humdrums To reconnect with solitude To question the prevalent absurdity To stay from the maddened “others” To hold on to the dwindling sanity Isolation is good in small doses Just as everything else In this indifferent existence

Self-Introduction

There is a total senselessness in Self-introduction to strangers Unless one has a eidetic memory No stranger is going to remember, One’s weird name, even weirder occupation, then What’s the point in carrying on this Totally absurd shtick non-stop? Is this the unquenchable drive To feel self-important, or Is this the unwavering commitment To keep […]

Surrender

Surrendering oneself to something Takes a lot of courage It means one’s ready to be vulnerable To undergo all tribulations But it also could imply Shying away from one’s responsibilities Not willing to decide for oneself How one looks at it Depends on where one stands It’s never black or white As everyone likes to […]

Shame – A Luxury

“Shame is a luxury” Said a movie character Come to think of it It’s indeed true One’s feeling of shame Dictated mostly by society And some in that society Cannot afford to feel ashamed, yet A society that pounces – On the vulnerable & misfortunate ones That does nothing to Alleviate their situations It’s the […]

Flight or Fight

Sometimes innocuous questions Lead to unintended consequences Sometimes well intentioned suggestions Interpreted as uninvited meddling Sometimes well thought out actions Result in grave situations Life has its own ways, irreverent About one’s intentions The question becomes Should one go Into the shadows, or Should one go Running to centre stage?