We live in cities made in the eye of a village first blinding it of communities and then telling there is darkness. We live in cities made with the soul of mankind first ripping it off the body and then freezing it in time. We live in cities made out of skin of once alive animals first taming them to be friends and then skinning … Continue reading We live in cities – POEM #16 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
When I was starting my career someone told me that I have a problem with ‘NO’. He said I was one of those people who will say ‘Yes’ to everything. He said ‘NO’ is such a powerful word that only people with real purpose can say it. I laughed him off. But the words kept lingering in me. Over time I started looking at how … Continue reading Say ‘NO’ when you have to; And do it with Confidence
Wordsworth’s poem used the proverb ‘The child is the father of the man’. For many it denotes the unchanged man, about habits of childhood shaping the adult. For me it always reminds me of the little circles of life we complete before we get to a full circle… When I first wore my dad’s shoe and it perfectly fit me, it was one circle; when … Continue reading Circles of Life – Visiting my Home Town
When you stretch life between ‘There is nothing much you can do’ and ‘there a lot you have to do’; you will find that time and space kind of disappears and you are reduced into a single point from where you can go either ways. Throw it all in the ring and jump into it or just stop lean back and relax. Either way no … Continue reading The Art of being Lazy
A long journey in between deep sighs sun rising in a black sky somewhere in the milky way a small star cries flesh bored of burning decides to blossom there is history in between the teeth grinding under every grin that falls Today is a day for long walks days of dreams; so short… that they cannot reach the top shelves of reality Fake faces … Continue reading Please Make Way #76 of 365 Poems
I was on a Journey once with stops every hour. How did I travel? May be in a train, a car or a Bike. May be it was a motor boat, that stopped at every sight of something that belonged to the land; but was loitering or floating in my route. May be a bottle with a message. May be a ball that could not … Continue reading Journey – #37 of 365 Poems
Someone asked me what my truth is I had to say it is personal They asked me why is Truth Personal I said because it only matters to me “What about the people who love you” They asked “I love them” I said And I looked at him and went on Truth is personal and has nothing to do with love nor with hate, nor indifference Truth … Continue reading Our Life is a Lost Cause writing our own obituary
How does someone feel complete? On December 30th one more day and you step into a new year. Your one year is complete and you used up another year of your life. Do you feel complete? what does complete mean? Does it mean different things for different people? Over the years I have heard people say they feel incomplete, often as a realization to something … Continue reading How to feel complete in the new year
Life is like playing cards, we have no choice on the hand being dealt, but we are in control of putting up the best game we can. If there were 10 things to think and do that can fit into an everyday routine… what would they be….? It is an interesting question and many would have different answers and here are mine. I totally agree … Continue reading 10 Things for us to Think and Do Everyday
A ‘NO’ is a very interesting thing Not many people like it… but hidden somewhere behind those letters is an opportunity… An opportunity that will only reveal once you accept that ‘NO’ wholeheartedly What happens next…? A whole new world opens up a world that was hiding behind your fear of ‘NO’ People go on war with ‘NO’ They keep it a secret… They fight … Continue reading The Life between ‘YES’ and a ‘NO’
Vinod Narayan 