Yesterday I saw my morticianA very calm nice personhe has three kids I spoke to him about life and deathhe spoke of neitherhe mostly looked at me There was no emotions in his eyesbut there was love.the love you seewhen people have a rolein your life he then touched my shoulderand said in soft wordsthis body should be worthlesswhen it arrives hereIf it ever arrives … Continue reading Meeting My Mortician NPM2023 12/30
It is unfair to do thingsthat you don’t likeeven if people like you doing ityou don’t live for themyou live for yourselfit is unfair to you. You should keep doing thingsyou love to do.even if you are not good at iteven if people say you cannot.They don’t live your lifeyou do. There is no monumental acceptancethat someone else can give youyou are complete and enoughwhen … Continue reading The Choice of Being Human NPM2023 11/30
Spread between a wrong wordand a perfect sentencethat is where life exists. that is where life findits freedom to be anything it wantsto imagine all the possibilities in the world The wrong word is not really wrongit is just the first wordno one knows the wordno one knows if it exists They think there should be a first wordif there is a sentence, there should … Continue reading a perfect sentence
There is never a second lost in the worldlike everything has a purposeEverything results in something Some impacts are so minusculeyou forget and ignore thembut they still exist We worry what the purpose isand we worry we don’t have oneyet we keep making a difference It is ok to not knowit is ok to drift through itit is ok to pause and reflect There is … Continue reading Just Be It NPM2023 9/30
You start typing on a blank screenthe mind is also blankthen when the first word is typedit is like a pen torch lighta ray that goes and dies in infinity From there comes the second wordand the third and so on. That absolute unpredictabilityand a beautiful processI don’t know where it takes meI don’t care if the finished product is goodI don’t think if the … Continue reading How I write Poems NPM2023 8/30
Loneliness does not bite, it kills youLike smoking 15 cigarettes a daySmokers add 15 moreNon Smokers you are still smoking Funny times we live inConnected to thousands onlineStill feeling lonely insideAnd yet we don’t open up We don’t let people knoWe think it is a crime to be aloneThat only we are alone in the world Alone in the crowdAre they all like us ?why … Continue reading Ask Help; Be a Help NPM2023 7/30
The water is boilingthe kettle is whistlingBut there is no one to hear itThe world has gotten so cold In coldness we see through peopleWe see the madness they hideWe see the sadness they shedWe see them like they see themselves It is not the Kettle’s faultthat no one is there is hearIt will stop after sometimewhen there is no more water The fire will … Continue reading The Kettle is Whistling NPM2023 6/30
Out of all the sunrisesI like the one near my homethe one that you can see through the branchesespecially when I am with her As you sit on a bench outside the tent.both naked, wrapped in a blanketthere is a hot pot of coffee and one cup.we slowly sip one by one as we drink coffee cuddling one anotherwe feel like kissingwhen you feel you … Continue reading The Sunrise I like most NPM2023 5/30
There is a new leaf that fallsNot from a tree, from a lifeNot a forest but a familya life Fallen leaves don’t leave tracesThey don’t expose the trees.Fallen lives don’t expose the familythey just wait for their turnto be forgotten Continue reading The New Leaf NPM2023 4/30
I did not go to college and do my Engineering Degree because I wanted to. I did not know what else to do or did not have any other aspirations. I was ok with studies. And for those who did not have a clear idea on what they wanted to do, engineering was a prospective study area back then. But times have changed now, Kids … Continue reading Why go to college ? A Conversation with my son
Vinod Narayan 