Author Archives: Docpoet

Judge away for all I care Judge me here while I declare As long as my actions do not affect you Your judging me is a reflection of you To conform to a stereotype, long I have tried Portraying myself as someone I was not inside Yet judgmental remarks never ceased The more I bent,Continue reading “To judgmental folks everywhere…”

I know you are here to eulogize Since you are too late to apologize For all the times you did not hear His silent pleas for help, that were loud and clear In retrospect- twenty-twenty is hindsight You did not realize he was losing the fight To live- in the midst of unprecedented stress OfContinue reading “Too late to apologize”

Hard as it is, I am compelled to say Everything I had managed to keep hidden to this day ** Behind a beguiling smile it was much easier to hide Than to display the tsunami raging inside Who had the time, who would have understood me In a world where perception is considered reality.. BenumbedContinue reading “Lend me an ear..”

I greet you in my clinic, with a smile behind my mask How are you feeling today, the standard question I ask I focus on the usual, physical complaints I want to ask you something else, but myself I restrain I ask you if you’re exercising, eating right Taking your medications as prescribed Behind yourContinue reading “The Visit”

Subconsciously I was going through life with blinders on I am a reasonably good person, sensitive to discrimination, I reckoned All humans are created equal I believe I am outraged when discrimination I perceive I am knowledgeable, having read extensively About the Civil Rights Movement and Black History Or, so I would think… I livedContinue reading “Open my eyes that I may see, Glimpses of Racism thou hast for me”

  Social distancing is taking its toll On almost everyone, because we all Are social creatures, we thrive On interactions with our tribe.. It is much harder for many of us Who tend to be more gregarious Then there are some, just like me Who want to crawl into obscurity Each time large crowds weContinue reading “Introvert in the pandemic”

(This poem reflects the sentiments of a migrant laborer who is trying to go home amid the lockdown in India.) I know the world is facing a huge crisis, I understand I was educated not in a school but on the streets of this land And on the streets I am left to somehow fendContinue reading “Take me home, in the pandemic”

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” -Abraham Lincoln Had heard all along but never comprehended Take life one day at a time, this advice was intended For people to focus on things they valued each day This felt too sanctimonious to follow, I must say.. PlanningContinue reading “One Day At A Time”

Art is not always about pretty things. It’s about who we are, what happened to us, and how our lives are affected. – Elizabeth Broun When fear has become the emotion dominant When uncertainty surrounds us, omnipresent When answers to questions do not exist When on the narrowest sliver of hope we subsist When physicalContinue reading “Art in the pandemic”

  I had thought..   Since this was a crisis so large in magnitude Spread throughout the world, affecting multitudes The world would have no choice but to fight The enemy as one, countries would be forced to unite Race, religion, borders this enemy does not respect Humankind everywhere is reeling from its cataclysmic effectContinue reading “The Divide…”

Thirsting for adventures is a natural state All of us like new experiences on our plate Time, effort and money we spend Beyond our comfort zones ourselves we extend To get that elusive thrill, that unparalleled elation That sense of accomplishment, that victorious sensation Also, since keeping up with the Joneses is a part OfContinue reading “Adventure-seeker in quarantine”

Stay at home and shelter in place- How do you follow this advice when you face Lack of a solid roof over your head When home is a makeshift shelter instead? ** We had already tempted fate by staying alive We had learnt to be grateful, having survived Civil war, strife, journeys with dangers fraughtContinue reading “The Refugee in Quarantine”