No title, no war.

There are deaths, and then there are deaths from the attack. You tell yourself not to get involved, but you're too deep in the quicksand, deeply affected, can't undo what you saw, can't erase what you feel. You dream about the war, being there in the smoke, it's a never-ending zone. If you spoke those…

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Courage amidst Chaos

I was distressed, feeling deeply affected by the situation of war in Ukraine. But what could I do? The wars and power politics are played by the leaders. What could an individual do? Watch the news and get more distressed? Protest and express rage? Condemn and watch? Write? Cry? Turn to God? (and ask why…

Don’t ask the sleeping people

How do you breathe? How do you put your clothes on? How do you go on and on? What is there to do? Nothing and nothing. You go on with your life as if death isn’t in the surroundings as if flowers aren’t being crushed every day. You stare at screens and read some books.…

The shadow

This shadow never leaves me. The shadow of my own being. It’s not concrete, it’s not even abstract, yet I cannot show it to the world and present it like fruits on a platter ready to be sacrificed and given to the deities. I cannot give, I cannot sacrifice this shadow of my being. It…

The woes of being a human

These are the woes of being a human. I wish i was anything but a human, without the perks and perils and everything in between that comes with being a human. I wish i did not have this sense of duty and responsibility, and this tiredness that comes with it, this suffocation of not being…

Anger and calmness

Anger comes and goes in waves. the reasons do not matter now. i go with it, with the waves splashing on the shore of my body. but behind the anger, there is a calmness. unknowingly, i let go of the angry waves as i reach in my heart, its soothing depth lulls me into a…