Author Archives: Docpoet

If you cannot make things better for yourself there must be Something wrong with you, you should have the capability To fight your battles all by yourself and claim Victory over them, but you dare not complain About the system- the system has always been this way It’s your fault you cannot adapt to it,Continue reading “No complaints”

Life can be overwhelming, take you by surprise Sometimes you just have to compartmentalize.. * Focus on the present, the task before you You know you have to go through The present before the future arrives The vicissitudes of today you have to survive Before the challenges of a new day appear Deal with today,Continue reading “Compartmentalize”

It is not always easy to do what is right Sometimes you have to swim against the tide When rampant greed has been disguised as progress When morals are sacrificed at the altar of success When you feel conflicted because of the situation you are in When the wide and illuminated road tries to drawContinue reading “To do what is right”

What a dichotomy with sleep we get We sleep to remember and we sleep to forget… * In the throes of deep sleep are memories consolidated That poor sleep is linked to dementia has been validated In multiple studies, therefore in order to maintain Brain function and memory, it is imperative to refrain From sleepingContinue reading “Sleep to remember, sleep to forget”

Much as I would love to call myself a writer I cannot Call myself one, to me the thought Of giving myself the label of a writer appears fraudulent While I try to imagine myself as a writer or a poet in the moment Of writing, until my work is published or more widely knownContinue reading “Pretend writer”

My imagination invariably gets fired Into a creative mode my mind gets wired Whenever I have a work-related task to complete And then the creative urge tries to compete With my work-oriented mindset for attention And despite my effort and sincere intention To stay focused on the task at hand I end up chewing onContinue reading “Ill-timed creative impulses..”

It is easy for all of us to get caught In our differences, is it not? * When discontent is high, we forget Our common ground, when we are upset The differences seem to create an unbridgeable divide We hold on to our anger, our injured sense of pride.. * When tempers and emotions settleContinue reading “And we unite..”

When I am stressed I acquire invariably Traits of attention-deficit-hyperactivity I want to drown my anxieties in busy work Indicating to the stress monster who by my side lurks That I do not have the time to get caught In the web he is spinning, there is a lot For me to do without succumbingContinue reading “Attention deficit hyperactivity during stress”

I came across an idea that sounds provocative It suggested that Artificial Intelligence could give Spiritual guidance, provide some form of therapy for free By collating information from multiple resources it could be A source of sensible, practical, actionable advice Delivered like a professional, through your choice of device.. * It sounds like an ideaContinue reading “AI- friend, philosopher, guide?”

You are advised to live each day with intention But you feel like you are living perpetually in suspension Between what you would like to do and what happens to you As a passive observer rather than active participant you go through The meandering streets of your life, with a faint hope in mind ThatContinue reading “From Reactive to Proactive”

With my sanity hanging in precarious balance, I cram For yet another test of my knowledge, another exam Again, I have to prove my academic prowess I have to attain test-based success But my grey cells are deteriorating fast Whatever I read does not seem to last In the blunted sulci and gyri of myContinue reading “The untold misery of studying for a test..”

Like so many others I’d been gullible enough to believe That following the Blue Zones pattern of living could help me achieve Longevity just like people in those zones But now it appears that it has been shown That the prevalence of centenarians could be based on erroneous assumptions Owing to lack of birth certificates,Continue reading “No Blue Zones”