Metamorphosis

A little nervous, a whole lot hesitant,

Not sure what to say and what not to,

When to say when not to,

Working your best,

On everything coming your way,

But living in your shell, 

Hardly ever coming out.

Self-doubts and a million inhibitions,

Stealing your sheen,

A little nudge is all you need,

To come out and explore the world,

And let it know of your presence too!

A little nudge is all you need,

To shake the disbelief in yourself,

And spread your wings,

A little nudge is all you need,

To finally flap those wings,

And take off the ground,

To sore high above where the clouds are

To the lands far away.

This flight you’ll take, 

Will shed away,

All the reluctance, reticence, and diffidence within,

And infuse you with conviction, self-belief, and confidence. 

And when your feet next touch the ground, 

You will be a force to reckon with,

An Eagle, majestic and fierce! 

Ready to take on the world!

Rhymes..?

 Scribbling something on a piece of paper,

Scratch, scratch, crumple, tossed in the bin,

This is the nth time, but I don't know where to begin,

So many feelings and so many things to say,

But the words are just refusing to come out,

Or is it that they aren’t coming out in the right way,

How to figure this out and how to come about,

Writing the right way, like you were taught,

How to rhyme and what to rhyme,

Or writing like this is just a waste of time?

I don’t think this style suits me much,

To salvage this, it would take Midas’ touch

Black Spot

A big bad black spot

On the oh so nice white cloth

Trying to rub it off

Next thing, its as big as a fist

The more he rubs the bigger it gets

Argh! What a pain!

And that too, the favorite shirt!

Despair!

Hung it on the wall

Got to make it right!

Next morning over half is covered in stain

Anguish and a broken heart

Can nothing be done?

He looks for ways, but nothing seems to work

By evening almost the whole shirt is stark black

Why? Why? Why? he wonders

Peace, Happiness, Bliss..

Peace, Happiness, Bliss. Few words that are throw around quite a bit by people who seem to know everything. All of them seem to know what bliss is. What peace is. And all of them seem to be getting quite wealthy explaining it to others. That makes me wonder why do people keep seeking them? Or better yet, what’s with our innate desire with peace, happiness, and bliss?

To live is to suffer. As said by Buddha, maybe that’s why we keep seeking something to sooth us. But more often than not, what we want to sooth is our unquenchable thirst for more. As humans, we tend to keep on wanting more and more and more in life. When we were kids, we were taught in school that the earth has enough for everyone’s need but not for their greed. And it seems like this is where we are stuck at.

This always wanting more, is not only for physical or material things though. If you look around, you will understand that everyone around you is also desperate for immaterial things such as love, sympathy, power, and hate!

We always want more love from the ones we love and when we are down, we crave sympathy from everyone. Power is not something that everyone craves but the one’s who do go to extremes to satisfy their hunger for more and more power. Politicians and big shot industrialists are a perfect example, but we people heading religious organizations usually sit at an equal footing with the former two.

Now, for hate, very interestingly, once you hate something or someone, you will inherently start finding ways or things that will keep aligning with your own point of view. This will keep your hate going on for that person or thing.

How do we get out of this loop? That is a question worth a million dollars! But if someone truly figures it out, will they ask money for the answer to it, or give it away freely to the world for everyone’s benefit? Now, that's a question worth BILLION dollars! :D

This isn't something we can discuss in a single post or a short conversation. And will probably need some follow up posts to this. Or maybe if you, the person reading this, are a fellow seeker, do give me a ping and maybe we can have a virtual tête-à-tête!