mental health – Elysian

Fables of the past

TITLI

I wish I was butterflyBut they have such a short lifeCocooning in and emerging with bright coloursMysterious and symbolicSignifying hope and change and celebrationsI wish I was a butterflyFlying from flower to flowerColourful and serene.

Oblivion

And into the oblivion I goTo lose all that I knowAnd be all that I amInto the oblivion I goTo lose all I haveAnd find all that I canInto the oblivion I’ll restDetached and aloof

Baisser

Albert Einstein once said ” Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”The society we live in has determined what makes for being intelligent, successful and settled, and if you don’t aspire to be dictatedContinue reading “Baisser”

Umeed – To create a better world

Hope, little one, hopeBut not for the storm to passFor not an easy way outHope for you to see the lightWhen it all seems darkIt’s only ephemeral And although, The world is filled with agony and anguishTormented by very existenceHope that one day you will fill it with kindness, love and compassion

Transformation – A peek into my life

Hello, hii, you know there those days or weeks when you’re not feeling yourself and tend to be crestfallen. Well, I had been feeling like that for a few days and then today, I put my foot down and asked “What is happening here? What is wrong with you? Why am I being so unproductive?Continue reading “Transformation – A peek into my life”

VOID

I saw a few familiar facesBack when there were no human racesBones and skins wrapped togetherIn utmost harmonyBreathing in the turmoil of the blue firmamentEngulfing the peace of the ‘komorebi’Rising on the shores of oceansThey meet me in the land of nothingness Komorebi – sunlight streaming through the leaves of the trees

Authorised Venom

Whether it be the memes of flying chappals or those slaps across the face or having being beaten from a broomstick, listening to the stories of a normal day in the Indian household, you’ll notice how much child abuse has been normalized as a way for disciplining kids. It has been internalized to the extentContinue reading “Authorised Venom”

TRAPPED

Wherein human civilizations flourished, forgetting the essence of choice, we’re governed by norms dictating every aspect of life from clothes to the way of seating, from hair to career, from the pitch of voice to notions of taking a stand. And amidst all this emerged the popular notion of “depression”. Being a part of theContinue reading “TRAPPED”