there is no battle outside its all happening inside. our demons live within ourselves… our fight should be internal too. the only eventuality is death and when death is the destination of this body and world, what empires are we trying to build… what marks are we so desperate to leave… we can only leaveContinue reading “Battles Within”
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The Journey towards North
I don’t like to look back. But sometimes I do. Mostly, when forced by the unwillingness to let go of certain events and people. It’s never pleasant as it always mockingly points at my weakness to still hold on to what has already passed. Yes, the life lived. No, there is nothing wrong in revisitingContinue reading “The Journey towards North”
A Stalemate
I am at the lowest and the worstI am neither big nor minisculeI struggle with the basest of desiresand I aim for the highestI understand the peaksAnd I have acquaintance with the ebbsKnowing the peak is not enough to take me highNor seeing the ebbs taking me to the pit.I refuse to let go ofContinue reading “A Stalemate”
Time Travel
Time travel is a fascinating subject. But is it fiction? Actually we do it every day. Our roving mind loves to go back and forth in time. How many times have we heard about mindfulness? And how many of us actually practice it successfully? We work in the present moment but think of either theContinue reading “Time Travel”
Life so far…
I have lived in ignorance for far too long. I have argued over silly things, just to get the final word. I have wrestled in the darkness of ignorance to live in denial and hypocrisy. I have denied myself the light of knowledge. I guess it happens with almost most of us. I am aContinue reading “Life so far…”
Fickle eyes
The eyes that saw beauty, now sneer in contempt In a blink those that adored, find it difficult even to pretend It was hard enough to separate lust from love in this game Now the challenge has doubled with a dash of irrational to tame The skin and the shape that made you swell withContinue reading “Fickle eyes”
A Non-player’s game
We experience life as it happens. But we forget to ask questions. These questions are for us to answer. Sometimes I wonder, by asking so many questions, am I underplaying life? Do I do injustice to myself by thinking too much and living a little less? Are we not supposed to wonder why, how andContinue reading “A Non-player’s game”
Singularity
There has to be a plan Something must explain the lay of the land The question of One and plenty has plagued our minds Search for Singularity has intrigued the science and spiritual giants What others have seen does not satisfy my quest I’ll have to see it myself if I want to quench theContinue reading “Singularity”
The Game
It’s not my aim to belittle any emotion I too have felt the entire range with naïve perception. Nothing felt simple even when I was a child What I wanted & what others felt I needed, created a schism so wide. This schism has defined most of the stories I lived Love, desire, disappointments…all IContinue reading “The Game”
Love: The word and its dilemmas
From the time I started understanding relationships…I was forced to think of a name for each one of them. Adore, like, love?? I kept circling around the word love but never really used it till the time I was sure that I am going to marry this guy and I was to love him forever.Continue reading “Love: The word and its dilemmas”
life from thought to thought 