Trolls

They don’t wait for the explanations,
they do not empathize;
but they do track you with all the accusations, barbs and threats, in order to correct whatever they perceive is wrong with you and torment you in the public eye.

They start from the keyboards,
they start from the smartphones;
travel through the crazy alleys of perceptions, land onto the ears, transferred to the brains, once started they do not stop
you will not even know why!

They claim to be informed,
they project affiliations,
to history and to logic, they show inclinations, they claim to be real and perfect;
but they are none of those since
they are born every day before they die.

They might be humans,
they might be bots;
toxicity is their theme without any inhibitions, but they always have an agenda,
to breathe hate and seek attention;
they will try everything under the sky.

Do open your mouth, let the words flow
let the world know;
that you think otherwise, without crazy intentions. While the pulse races,
and the brain weaves the stories of hope,
they can’t subdue you, let the trolls try!

Vague

Somewhere deep

the fear clamours

to be set free

but vague is the shield

to hide behind

see that’s what is art

and the poetry

not a gift of gab

but just a sheer veil

that hides the face of fear

Being normal

Conformity is a major building block of the giant superstructure of Normal. Normal keeps the engines of the human structures of society, culture and politics, oiled and running. Those who stick their necks out and decide to create their own path and walk or even better, sprint on it, are not ‘normal’. On the other hand, conformity is the way to go for the most because it ensures survival. The jagged edges of exceptional do not bruise their inner child, who is scared as it is. Fear ensures conformity and courage challenges it. Courage leads to extreme successes and failures and many times failures are the stepping stones for success and vice- versa. Success is like walking a rope above the ocean of conformity. This is so because, success thrives on exceptions and challenges. Success needs its own path. Do you still want to be normal?

Shackles

Leave the shores

and the lands

leave the feelings

and the burdens

leave the childhood dreams

and the traumas

leave the pangs of regret

and piles of guilt

leave your mindset

and the shackles

Just weird

Tied around

is the sash of weird

threatening to become

the veil of weird

why women

you are just weird