Chingari
[Author's Note: I found these notes scribbled in my google keep. A reflection of something i was feeling.] Chingari chahiye aag ko, Garmi se kuch nahi hota Wood burns at the touch …
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Let it be
[Author's Note: I found these notes scribbled in my google keep. A reflection of an emotion I had felt sometime, long ago.] What will you understand of my pain You barely …
read more ->Walk
[Author's Note: Well, I think it was part of a small retreat-cum-meetup where they asked us to write our feelings, and this is what came out of me. It was afternoon.] Roses are …
read more ->Alas, Love has hurt me
[ 11-August-2023 02:15 people are such vile weak creatures, and yet there is some kindness in there. people are such kind creatures, and yet they are full of vile weakness inside. …
read more ->Go live, a little more!
[ 30-July-2022 03:38 again, like everything else this just came to me ] a boy standing on the edge of darkness a steep cliff, a straight chasm back, to the world not needing …
read more ->Just look up
Running after people was never my thing Even alone and lonely, I do sing You let me go I will find someone else No one is irreplaceable you see Including me Its the pangs of the …
read more ->Attachment
This much I have seen This much I understand Attachment to transient things Thoughts and Plans Dreams and desires People and places Cause much pain As much happiness This has ever …
read more ->What is Light
what is light but a spot of happiness what is sadness but a spot of blue like an ink it waters the grey light of the mind but you just need one simple single yellow shining little …
read more ->It’s Fine, It’s all Okay
[ I wrote it because i wanted to let out a deep emotion that I was feeling. forgive somebody and let something go that I was holding on to. And as far as I know, forgiveness is …
read more ->Before I Die
been having a few existential thoughts lately. if we must all, die… what is it that is worth living for. If we must all suffer.. what is it that is worth pursuing. few words came …
read more ->Blue Blue Sky
One evening i was walking back from office, I looked up and it was beautiful. “blue blue sky”, the words came to me. I made up a few other lines and this poem was made. A snapshot …
read more ->Those Half Hearted Shits
I was feeling a bit angry. Angry at people with mood swings on the personal front. Who vacillate and vacillate so much that it kills my time energy and drains my emotions. I …
read more ->Goodbye, Honey
I wrote this on email in 2016, not sure what triggered it. but I found an email with this...
read more ->What is bereavement
[ feeling a little listless while on my cab from home to office. I had a chat with someone close, who is moving away. some of these lines came to me, and i made up the rest. ] …
read more ->I am very special
[ A friend of mine asked me to write a small piece for her. And the thought that came to my mind was when once she had called me ‘someone’ and i was like, ‘hey i am not just …
read more ->My Peculiar Dad
My dad is very peculiar as peculiar dads can be he does not speak so much in general yet talks all the time, to me a little bit of pride a lot of contentment old men sometimes …
read more ->Some People
Some people laugh Some people cry Some people live, some people die Some people run, right into the fire Some people hide, their every desire.
read more ->Do Something
Sometimes, you jump over a cliff and break a leg or two others laugh at you. But sometimes, you start to fly – Who has ever known how close the matches, are to the powder keg At …
read more ->Afraid and all alone
I stood there on that patch of grass Afraid and all alone I called out to my lover , come embrace my little hurting heart come my dear, take me away soothe my soul, give me hope, …
read more ->Where I belong
Back to the seas Face to the storm Time to head ahead Where I belong Far out in the horizon And some place beyond My eyes cannot see it, yet But my heart knows it’s sound I hear …
read more ->Do you know what a fat man feels like
[ Authors Note : I was just walking on the road back to home after a very very heavy meal at a friend’s place and was feeling rather heavy and stuffed. These lines came to me and …
read more ->Dewdrops and Rain
[Author’s Note : Well, I was wondering how beautiful dewdrops and rain feel and I was feeling a bit sad and then i wrote this down on my mobile phone.] Dewdrops and Rain make me …
read more ->And so it is with love
Only the thirsty can understand thirst what will water know of its own value how can water feel the sweetness, of a parched throat drinking Only the fascinated one can understand …
read more ->That Sacred Place
[Author’s Note – I just thought about this as I was going to office(Smart Village or Karea Zakaeya as they call it in Egypt) in cab ] Please take me to that sacred place which has …
read more ->A Paper Swan
[Author’s Note : Well, I just saw the picture and I just thought about this… thats all.] A paper swan flies away flies far, high and wide with its little wings strives away as …
read more ->Glimpses of beauty
[Authors Note : Again, this poem just came to be while I was sitting on my table pondering at 3:00 AM tonight. I guess I have not been very sleepy these days, mostly I sleep in …
read more ->When I die
[Author’s Note – This poem just came to me out of the blue. It might sound depressing, but its more like a prayer and talks rather of hope. Some people have told me that the …
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