Author Archives: Docpoet

You know I’m able to successfully keep hidden My innermost desires and aspirations From all my family members and friends But the place I turn to for my inspiration Has spies to watch everything I search All the search engines and social media sites seem to conspire To nudge me towards my dreams, aid meContinue reading “Who knows me the best?”

As I grow older, hopefully I grow wiser too My youth was focused on consumption, I blew My hard-earned money on accumulating possessions Eating out, buying bright new stuff was an obsession Prevalent consumerism supported these pursuits of mine I purchased and consumed, per the economists’ designs.. ** Driven by consumerism, gradually I began toContinue reading “Conscious Consumption”

Meticulously planned Thoroughly researched Contingencies included Alternatives explored Itineraries drawn Every i dotted Every t crossed * Fluid plans Moving targets Spur of the moment Spontaneous decisions Going off the grid Taking the road not taken Adventure the operative word..

The magic of storytelling I well understand I’m waiting for God’s mysterious hand To work wonders on my imagination in such a way That I can pen a groundbreaking story one day Everyone has a story, so I am told Random ideas in my head I hope would unfold And reorganize in to a storyContinue reading “Confessions of a wannabe writer”

Let me get shattered Let me break Into a million pieces For the sake Of my grief I am blinded Crippled, maimed By flaming anger I long to blame This twist of fate Like a tsunami Washed away from me The life that I knew No path I can see Forward- it is clouded InContinue reading “Break me..”

We were three women meeting For the first time-wives of three old friends After the preliminary introductions were completed And we were all past the stage of pretense The conversation turned, as it invariably does To family, work-life balance, raising children Soon each one of us, though highly accomplished Was explaining her life-choices to otherContinue reading “Let me explain..”

I just want to sit in peace and drink my coffee And mindfully enjoy my breakfast too Instead I grab a biodegradable cup And scarf down antioxidant-rich morsels few With my phone in one hand, coffee cup in the other I grab my car keys and walk at a brisk pace To my car, myContinue reading “Sit..”

You are strong, is all you’ve heard So strong is the only way to be In moments of weakness, you put on a facade Of strength, each time invariably.. That does help carry you through Many crises, real and perceived But it turns exhausting too “You can handle anything” is generally believed This illusion ofContinue reading “Strong no more..”

You complain about being uncomfortable Due to externalities- mostly you are capable Of moving away from the source of discomfort for you Therein lies the difference between us – this is not true For me- I carry the burden of discomfort with me Because of my lack of societal conformity.. * I am eyed withContinue reading “In my skin”

Success… How would I define success today? Do I think I’m successful, am I able to say I’ve arrived, I’ve achieved the goals That make me successful as a whole Is success a discrete entity or a continuum? Is my life headed in an upward direction? * Success was important, that was ingrained In myContinue reading “Success redefined”

Temptations abound Slippery slopes all around Hard to know sometimes what you do Is above bar, completely ethical too In a world where lines get increasingly blurred New money-generating ways get unfurled In a gig economy, there are creative ways To sell stuff, ideas, entertainment these days The old-fashioned ways of drawing a fixed incomeContinue reading “Business and ethics in the modern world”

“You don’t know how strong you are Until being strong is the only option for you” This is what I had heard so far But I beg to state this may not be true The statement seems to suggest That strength is a reaction to an external force This sentiment I would like to protestContinue reading “Choosing strength”