Category Archives: musings

Where are my frozen dreams, locked away In the frigid recesses behind my eyes they stay Dormant, immobile, in perpetual hibernation Waiting for the much desired stimulation To spring up alive and get me galvanized Into action, such that my dreams materialize Into achievements concrete, that potential contain To make positive changes in the world,Continue reading “Frozen Dreams”

In trying to keep work and home in order In crossing t’s and dotting i’s, I did not bother To see how my child felt, until one day I realized he was upset, and to my dismay Distant he seemed, not willing to talk to me I would either interrupt him or be interrupted repeatedly-Continue reading “Let me tell you Mom..”

Frazzled is the word that most accurately Defines me at home most days, unfortunately All the focus that into my work I channel Once I reach home, simply starts to unravel Demands of housework, never-ending series of chores My child asking for help with school projects and more Dinner and clean-up, bedtime stories all vieContinue reading “Frazzled”

Google did its annual trend reveal In 2021 people searched for “how to heal” More than anything else because The pandemic ravaged without a pause Discouraged, exhausted, hopeless often Sometimes in body, sometimes in spirit broken We grasped on to wispy straws of hope We looked for rays of positivity to help us cope InContinue reading “Search “How to Heal””

Someone composed a song, and I happened to listen To that song at a moment in time chosen By fate such that my melancholic disposition that day Resonated perfectly with the timber of the song in every way The lyrics, the music, the haunting melodious voice Struck a chord deep, leaving my eyes moist Soul-stirringContinue reading “Value my Art”

There are times when work overwhelming appears My patients are sick, and I constantly fear That in taking care of patients too many with complex conditions I would miss something crucial, fail to pay attention When my bandwidth is stretched in every direction My brain hardwired by training to strive for perfection Can function noContinue reading “My expectations from me..”

You love your children, you don’t want to deny Anything they desire, you have the means, so why Should you not fulfill every demand of theirs They must know they are loved, their parents care For their well-being, for their happiness You want the moon and stars for them, no less You explain that theirContinue reading “Let me bring the moon for you”

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is known to affect ~5% of women in the week or so prior to their period. It is characterized by severe irritability, depression or anxiety that improves 2-3 days after the period starts, and may need treatment in severe cases. This poem highlights how someone with PMDD might feel. I feelContinue reading “Predictably depressed..”

The world may applaud you, the world may not You wonder if you are as good as you thought Yourself to be, though you have much confidence In your abilities, in your defense Doubt creeps up when no one around you Seems to acknowledge your value Your growing bubble blown on self-confidence so far Bursts,Continue reading “The Compliments you Give”

I was following a relatively heated discussion on an online forum of highly educated mothers regarding dress codes at school. While I am personally not against some form of a dress code at school, the current rules are arbitrary and discriminatory towards girls. Here I have tried to give voice to a teenager who feelsContinue reading “What can I wear to school?”

Unfortunately there exists a bias against women in the treatment of pain in the healthcare setting. It has been noted across the spectrum of both acute and chronic pain conditions that pain in women is often under-treated, and especially so in women of color. The reasons behind this are multifactorial including deep-seated beliefs that womenContinue reading “I am in pain..”

Where is my mind, not in the here and now Why does it wander, why does it not allow Complete immersion in the task before me Why am I distracted so easily? Multitasking is what I think I do Honestly, that is simply not true In trying to attend to multiple things together I payContinue reading “The Wandering Mind”