Author Archives: Docpoet

I never want to miss the forest for the trees At the same time I never want to cease Paying attention to minor details because that is where The devil lies, waiting to ensnare The unsuspecting person who has committed An error of omission that was not permitted So I try to keep the bigContinue reading “Minutiae”

So easy to text, so difficult to meet face to face How did all of us get to this place? Too busy in our lives to schedule time together With ubiquitous phones, sending messages easier than ever Erroneous assumptions that we have checked in Through text messages, with our friends and kin No communication throughContinue reading “Meet, not text”

My frontal lobes, amygdala and hippocampi Are the precious parts of my brain that I Need to care for, so that level-headed I can stay But what I often do is the opposite anyway I sleep late, keeping in overdrive my brain By using some electronic device again The result is that my brain cannotContinue reading “Care For My Brain”

Professional achievements glorified and showcased On professional social media websites, prefaced By an expression of gratitude, so many of these I see And I wonder why I have nothing to write about, with some jealousy There are no groundbreaking achievements in sight No fancy titles or media appearances that I can highlight Quite lackluster myContinue reading “Professional Achievements”

There are plenty of people dealing with burnout At work- it is a highly prevalent issue, no doubt That has led to people seeking work schedules that flexibility provide That don’t always demand one to step outside The comfort of their homes, allowing them to juggle Work and home- achieve the balance that is aContinue reading “What Works For Me”

I have long suffered at the hands Of my indecision, I have finally come to understand That taking a decision and moving forward with the same Is the only way to make progress, you have yourself to blame If because of your indecisiveness stuck you remain This lesson has been reinforced in my life againContinue reading “Decisive”

Mercator’s projection has shaped our world-view By flattening the earth on paper, it has distorted continents too Unsuspecting, we study geography through a flawed lens Of the sizes of various continents, we do not get the true sense Africa appears diminished, other continents larger appear And this subconsciously affects our perception, I fear The countriesContinue reading “Mapped Bias”

It’s good to have choices, to cater to everyone’s preferences But I feel too many choices overwhelm my senses And in decision paralysis get me stuck From which I only get out with some luck * These days I try to reduce the choices available to me By selecting from the first two or threeContinue reading “Choose Wisely”

It is time, I have realized For my identities to be reorganized To shuffle my various identities around Change up their order because I have not found Contentment in my primary identity as a professional That has become the default, but it is not intentional Because my professional identity has been the hardest to attainContinue reading “Identities”

The grass can be green on both sides Which green you want to claim, you have to decide * The shades of green vary to some extent After all the climate in both places is different You tend to the grass in either place, and it does grow Walking on a cushion of grass isContinue reading “Grass is Green Everywhere”

Sometimes it seemed my entire life I had waited for someone To give me permission to do what I wanted, but that person Was a mythical figure, no one had appeared To give me the needed permission or to allay my fears The outcomes had been either one of two- I found courage on myContinue reading “Permission”

She wakes up early, gets ready, and prepares Breakfast, packs lunch, every moment aware Of the ticking of the clock, trying not to get late For her morning meeting, oh how she does hate Walking in ten minutes after the start of the conference She has to drop children off to school, in her defenseContinue reading “Guilt”