Author Archives: Docpoet

“I am overweight, and if I drop a size or two, I would be able to love myself”- do you really think this is true? Or this is just the fantasy you’ve been fed The unfortunate idea planted in your head Is that your self-worth directly correlates with your size And when you lose weight,Continue reading “What Size does not Define”

Most of the time particularly accomplished I do not feel Comparing myself to women I consider successful is my Achilles’ heel Women who appear poised and confident I want to emulate Their sartorial styles I want to imitate I am acutely aware of falling short whenever I see Women dressed in high heels strutting confidentlyContinue reading “If the Shoe Fits”

In treating patients, there is a benefit distinct To following protocols, and not going purely by instinct These protocols have been painstakingly devised Based on scientific data and accumulated evidence, many times revised Following protocols ensures uniformity in treatment To provide standardized, high quality patient care is the intent * There is a dictum thatContinue reading “Protocols and Patients”

To write poetry, in metaphors and similes one should write Stating the obvious in a poem does not seem right The meaning of one’s subject must be implied But not stated explicitly- long I have tried To incorporate in my writing figures of speech To not call a spade a spade, myself I’ve attempted toContinue reading “Literally Yours”

To be unique, to stand out is an attractive proposition To not blend in, to take a different position From everyone else around you empowering appears You stand apart and stand tall without fear You chart your own path unconventional You design your life in a manner intentional * As you grow older, you tendContinue reading “Blending In”

I’d like to think I am not primarily driven by greed But when greed becomes a way for me to succeed In ways that matter to me, greed feels justified My greed manifests itself in ways dignified As I become more efficient and more productive Greed motivates me to take, it motivates me to giveContinue reading “Greedy..”

For the longest time, I tried to protect and preserve The life that I had, I wanted to conserve Every bit of happiness that came my way To act as a buffer for difficult days My hands balled into fists I kept Fearful that if I opened them, nothing would be left * I actedContinue reading “Open Palms”

For years I read books consisting of characters with whom I could not identify And even though I would sometimes laugh and cry With those characters, a distance from them always remained The world they inhabited was unfamiliar The social structure of their lives different appeared To place myself as a character in those storiesContinue reading “Fictional Representation”

My stress levels are already high Despite knowing this, I do not know why I allow myself exposure to even more stress That results from using my device in excess.. * My nervous system goes into overdrive Each time any kind of notification arrives It could be a call from the hospital, an abnormal vitalContinue reading “Stress by a thousand texts”

These days it appears whenever I try to write anything on a device Artificial intelligence is by my side to give me advice Filling in blanks, suggesting the next word, (auto)correcting constantly A “helpful” writing assistant it is trying to be Formulating a selection of replies to a text from which to choose It isContinue reading “My writing assistant”

Each day as I’m trying to fall asleep, I make A mental list of all the tasks I need to undertake The following day- often I end up getting energized By the planning, my sleep duration gets compromised I wake up sluggish and slog through the day Trying to accomplish things on my list inContinue reading “Nighttime List”

I must say it warms my heart when I see In the hospital where I work, a little free library.. * One day I noticed a tiny bookshelf in a corner had been placed It declared its name and purpose, a handful of books occupied space With room for many more-for the first few daysContinue reading “The Little Free Library”