I told them I was tiredthat I have not slept for daysor may be weeks or monthsI don’t know..I have lost count.. Can we live that longwithout sleeping…without going insane..is that even possible They don’t seem to bother.They did not even look at me.they did not seem to even hear me..I am already dead to them. Just do it…faster… keep doing..they kept repeating it..like a … Continue reading Who is alive; me or them? | Poetry

The hands trembledas the fingers gripped on the knobthis is not the first timeshe has opened the door every single time before she hasit ended badlyit left a trail she remembered it like yesterdaythough it must have been so longshe knows it all Yet she had her fingersgripped on the knoband any moment nowshe will open it… I waited…she also waited..what was on the other … Continue reading We Waited | Poetry

A sound travelsit is in search of another soundthey cannot hear each other People can hear them bothIt is so sad thatone sound cannot hear other They both exist in total silencethey can’t even hear themselves silence is arbitrary in the sound worldBut each sound knowsanother one exists Their life is a searchthey never find….they just travel…. so many soundstraveling in silence…. it is sad….especially … Continue reading Sad Sounds NPM2023 27/30

Some are like thatthey don’t say anythingthey expect you to know… I talk way too muchI might even be a talkaholicyes that is a real word.just like alchoholicsomeone addicted to talking We listen less..I am learning… It is not easy…. In fact listening is tougher than talkingpersonally for me…I am sure people will agree But some people don’t talkthey think we have some kind of … Continue reading Don’t Talk NPM2023 26/30

Hi there, how is the view there?Is it better than here?very different from what you can see here I guess… I have lived in this world for over fifty yearsAnd I have always heard… you need to climb to the top. It is like greatness is at the top.But I have also heard it is kind of lonely thereMaybe because not many get there..Or everyone … Continue reading View atop NPM2023 25/30

If there is a lost person in youit might be time to search for themthat is what we should do…always… And there is always someone lostsomeone we are all searching forthen you find themand someone is ready to go missingit is a constant affair of losing and finding There is a process to this searchwe repeat what we have done beforewe keep doing it again … Continue reading Losing and Finding | Poetry

And then it was decidedthey had to close their doorstheir windows too They would not make a soundcramped in a roomthey waited.. not waiting for anyonebut waiting to not be foundevery small soundwas a death bell they waited and waitedthere were little kidsno one knewwhy they were silent it was about death and lifethey wanted to think it is a dreambut for that they should … Continue reading Staying Alive | Poetry

Some nights the stars crythe sun was woken up a few timesthe sun’s friends put a complaintin the court of the solar system. Then on the stars don’t cry togetherthey weep silently.The sun has even heard that a few times they say there is a strong connectionbetween the sun and stars they say the sun can see its futurein the tears of the stars The … Continue reading Sun and Stars NPM2023 22/30

He was a Slender old manhe had a black briefcasehis wrists did not have a watchyet he knew it was time he walked up to the carhe took a look at the motelhe did not smilehe opened the door He did not start the carhe sat there with closed eyeshe was waiting He opened the briefcasepulled out a packetand slowly opened it He pulled out … Continue reading Words in a Burned Paper NPM2023 21/30