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 […]

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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

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Gifted lives

You live a privileged life, if You’re not chronically sick You have functioning body You have people to turn to in times of need You have enough food on your table by end of every month You have some money at your disposal even after facing an emergency You have your comfort life not affected […]

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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 […]

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Close your eyes

Close your eyes To not disturb your reality Close your eyes To not lose your trust in humanity Close your eyes To not witness the cruelty Close your eyes To not judge the insanity Close your eyes To not abandon your superiority Close your eyes To not realize your banality Close your eyes To not […]

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Never Quit

Never Quit they say But Quit forever Quit when the going is difficult For it’s not worth pursuing Quit when the going is easy For it’s not challenging Quit when an end is in sight For it’s not worth to see the finish Quit when you are starting For it’s going to end anyways Quit […]

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Irrelevance

Your great deeds are irrelevant So are your grave errors Your profound wisdom is irrelevant So is your infinite foolishness Your universal love is irrelevant So is your visceral hatred Your noble fights are irrelevant So are your despicable submissions Your life is irrelevant So is your death For being irrelevant is the universal essence

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Who are you?

Courage when there is no personal stake (or) When everything you hold dear is at stake? Moral sermons when you’re an outsider (or) When you yourself are an actor? A model citizen when there are rules and laws (or) When there are no laws? Putting others before you when others think you’re inferior (or) When […]

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Series of missed opportunities

You missed the opportunity to not being aliveWhen your mom decided to have youYou missed the opportunity to become illiterateWhen your parents decided to enroll youYou missed the opportunity to become dumb fuckWhen your friends introduced books to youYou missed the opportunity to become unemployedWhen your peers decided to guide you You missed the opportunity […]

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