Category Archives: musings

Each time I pick up my phone and scroll around I see beautiful objects, temptations abound To make me loosen my purse strings I am convinced I need shiny new things In my life, these are things that appeal to me The world wide web knows my aesthetic, obviously So the advertisements I see whenContinue reading “Those beautiful things..”

Persuasion is an art, they say To compel someone to think your way Requires achievement of a balance delicate You have to first try to estimate How strong their beliefs are, how much you can sway Them in your favor, then you dispel their doubts away Regarding your opinion, simultaneously Let them doubt their ownContinue reading “Persuasion”

Driving in the dark on a morning cold and misty With the headlights on, with limited visibility I focused on what was visible, the car before me To see beyond that I was limited in ability.. My thoughts turned philosophical here Of the direction my life wants to take, I’m unaware The view of theContinue reading “Misty”

Half a breath perpetually held Half of the mind preoccupied In fear of a disaster looming near Panic always simmering inside Life like a hurdle-race never-ending From crisis to crisis, life seems to go No time to catch a breath at all Just weathering blow after blow Tranquil moments lay forgotten Chaos rules the roostContinue reading “Anxiety..”

Can I pick and choose Which moments to file away Inside the amygdala in my brain Let only pleasant memories stay Unpleasant situations are hard enough To deal with in the present I wish I would not ruminate Over unpalatable moments.. My composure, my state of contentment Is compromised in moments of discomfort When IContinue reading “Selective memory…”

How can a comment, made innocuously Bring out an insecurity in me? * I am fairly accomplished, and confident In my abilities, but I have shortcomings evident That I don’t pay attention to most days But sometimes, in surreptitious ways My confidence ends up being undermined As random comments pierce my psyche to remind MeContinue reading “Insecure”

I understand your annoyance completely, I do When the lady before you cannot understand you Her proficiency in English language is limited But she is trying to provide a service using language stilted You have nothing against immigrants in general But knowing English in this country is a requirement reasonable.. You are running out ofContinue reading “Communication Gap”

I think I make it abundantly clear That I am a bibliophile, I hold books dear Never do I go anywhere without a book in my hand Even if I know I wouldn’t open it at all- I can’t stand The thought of spending a free moment anywhere Without being able to read- though toContinue reading “I need a book with me!”

I ruffle some feathers when I talk a lot Especially when I disagree with those who are taught To think that they know everything-they often are In positions of authority and power I don’t perceive myself as disadvantaged in any way But someone like me is expected to stay Rather quiet, submissive, not have opinionsContinue reading “I’ll talk”

This is an intensely personal poem. We are a physician couple and often our entire workdays are spent talking to patients and colleagues (and documenting those conversations). Often in the evening we have no desire to talk at all because we have exhausted our bandwidth for conversation at work. Actually the idea came after IContinue reading “Why we don’t talk”

I sit down and stare at a blank sheet Wondering what to pen down to defeat The melancholic undertones all around I want my words to have an uplifting sound.. * The world reels from crises in every sphere With everything mired in doom and gloom; I fear Increasingly cynical we all could be WeContinue reading “Words that uplift”

The one thing that I long to do Is to hold time in my hands somehow Catch a moment before it is gone To savor it, myself I want to allow I wish I did not have to run Along the river of time flowing fast I wish I could amble at a leisurely paceContinue reading “Time…”