Tides turnपन्ने पलटते हैंEpisodic moods from depressive to hypomanicI’ve gained so much, like a hippopotamusIn the marketplace of ideasThe one that catches fireIs usually the one that burnsThe seller and the buyerOne personTwo personalitiesEither way, better safe than sorryGrow slow, and steady like the tortoiseIn the race for supremacyThe hare, is neither here nor thereStability,…

Hormones and chemicals keep you stable5 milligrams make you ableSometimes instability can be liberatingPowering you through uncertain timesMany new years within a yearCelebrate them all with gustoShaky hands compose each verseWorse than what was on offer before?A rumbling and churning stomachSpits out the drool that is this spoolA soundtrack that fuels the feelsBass beating the…

Striding with a villainy swaggerPandering to the gang lordsBloodlust running thickAn on screen romance that romanticizes fakenessMasculinity thundering through the streetsViral obsessions hooking you and meEntertainment in the name of “inspired” falsehoodsMotivations of masochistic mindsPolitical will defining the path of the peopleInterweaved connections breaking the will of the weakRemembering wounds reopening worldsBlaming yourself for bloody…

Playing catch-up with my aspirationsI’ve been left behind in the raceUnrested, I try sleeping through itYou still haunt me every other night Borrowed notes from father timeLiving a high risk gameThe separation still lingersGhosts that refuse to die Why are they so alluringWhat disorder drives me to ruin?Cancers growing within meSelf efficacy the only motto…

As quantified as it may beInherently money has no valueIt adds nothing to usExcept burden, debt, and artificial inflationI never speak economically, only poeticallyThings, as valuable as they are, are equally empty insideDo people add value to us?Connections with other beings?Social media rewards “engagement”Which takes a lot out of usReal engagment is being attentive in…

Learn the hard wayNo free lunches, everything is earnedNoise outside, madness of a crowdAnother page turns, another day burnsIt’s easy, being Hindu in this countryThough the Indus flows for everyoneToday’s Bharat has become someone’sI’m apolitical, but it pains me to see the minority bullyingA big bang 2026, for a peaceful poetInsta opinions and trolly trepidationLoaned…

I ain't perfectMy life has never been soThe half of it, you don't even knowFirst it was mental health, now it's divorceUnchosenCan I choose myself?Well some would certainly say soThen why do I remain rejectedThis is where I come to cryBitch and moanAll that I may sayI'm still aloneI don't know howTo look for or…

It came 21 years after the beginningWhen his Lordship said, allowedI was grateful and relieved, I bowedThe shackles of toxicity had been brokenWe celebrated, but I was muteBecause justice delayed, is justice deniedAnd I am yet to see justiceThe fairer gender rulesI will not enter into another, I have vowed79 cuts deeper, and only If…

With war clouds looming overhead,How do we find hope in this time?I feel devastated for those lives impactedWhile I sit here writingA few lines on my laptop.I cannot change the world—But I can change myself.It's a daily effort,With daily rewards—No bombs, no tweets, no missiles launched.Those who seek war will find it,Fighting to the bitter…

Heard this beautiful line from him Tera hi dard tujh pe karz haiA painful death for a painful life Her laugh is everythingWhat is true What is not Can you tell meStraight unadulteratedDo you feel me Do you feel this Can you tellWe feel the sameEmpathy for the anxious Authenticity for the monies Transparency for the classless Equals nothing for the named