Deep within

Pleasant requests with a smile
Is supposed to take you miles

While, on one hand, we strive to be simple and humble
People expect you to throw your weight and make them fumble

With current observations, one can tell
Neither are you important nor  is the matter critical, if you don't create a scene and yell.

It takes enormous efforts to simply be
Let your guard down, Unmask and live free

The motto of 'Live and let live'
Is now morphed and switched modes to being competitive and combative

Expecting others to understand, accommodate or change
Will be equally reciprocated in exchange

Adapt, move on or simply chin up and grin
In an environment so fragile,   answers lie only deep within

Don't Settle - Keep RISING

Rules and Laws are contextual
Hence by nature, not perpetual
Don’t settle; keep evolving

Society and rituals are founded on fear
Expectation to comply and to adhere
Don’t settle; keep challenging




“Settle” some do, too early for too little
Some die proving their mettle
Don’t fall for the trap, keep moving

For we are born to explore
To defy ourselves and reach out for more
Don’t settle; keep looking

Possibilities are infinite
Knowledge and Experience, finite
Don’t settle; keep growing

Upgrade, be a better version
Don’t settle; keep RISING

Sensor / Processor

Often blinded by the bright light

We seek solace in the realm of darkness

We’re comforted and pat ourselves on the back

Upon spotting company in that situation

Very few tune themselves and venture back

To face and embrace the brightness

Rest fade away in the shadows

Habitually grumpy and feeling deceivingly accepted

When there’s a loud noise

Our instant reaction is to close our ears

Maybe because we’re too busy

Silencing our inner voices already

The sensory input tools are only a handful

The processing power immense

For the input tools only processes data that is current or historic

Processor however can produce foresight depending on the quality of analysis

We’ve enhanced the RAM in our supposed input tools

But discounted to upgrade the core processor

LOVE + Patience = Successful Marriage!

When different styles are brought together; and is music to ears
It’s called Fusion
But if it’s not music to ears and is only noise
That’s confusion

When different parts function appropriately in intended unison
That’s engineering
If just one of the ensemble falls apart
The mess will be jarring

Only when all the right ingredients fall into place
Cooked with love and affection
Does food on the table taste good
And establishes a palatable connection

But each takes its time
Before being adjudged
And these are processes
That simply can’t be fudged

Each of the components in each example
Behave differently at different times at command
They all require tuning
With one another before they make it grand

Human relationships are no different
As is Marriage or the union of two souls
It’s a journey that requires pitching, setting, regulating and tweaking
To align and achieve both, individual and collective goals

It’s not a stroke of luck
But requires conscious efforts
From both ends
To enjoy the blissful comforts

With the right perspective
Abundant LOVE and a positive Attitude
Marriage works wonders
Helping both soar to an unimaginable altitude

Such is the Irony of Life

Mind craves to wander

In a milieu that becomes fonder

Efforts to thwart change

Desire a world as we arrange

Once assumed achieved, skirmish with boredom

Secretly harness a longing for freedom

Such is the irony of life

Quest for peace often results in strife

Annihilation of flora & fauna

In the pursuit of delusional Nirvana

Blinded & Manipulated into a race

With irrelevant milestones to chase

A Society that sermonizes freedom

Ruthlessly oscillating between obscurity and stardom

Such is the irony of life

Only the tongue gets mightier than the knife

Emotions fuelled by anger and disgust

Unleashing the suppressed monster of lust

Ecosystem where crime too is organized

Information is tailored, radicalized and glamourized

Is Karmic imbalance signalling an impending bang?

OR is all positivity veiled in a violently swerving yin and yang?

Such is the irony of life

Ignoring the present, intrigued by the after-life

Such is the irony

In our “Establishment” of tyranny

Circus ke Pyaade; Kahin Munaafe aur kahin Faayde!

One morning, I got up at night

In my brain, there was a light

Said to myself, "What an idea Sirjee!"

Posted it online before someone calls it farzee

 

One morning, I got up at night

With my inner-self, I had a fight

I said, I live in good times and a free country

It said, "wake up and smell the coffee, you're NOT the ‘Pradhan Mantri’

One morning, I got up at night

I felt like shouting with all my might

‘The Constitution’ grants me “Freedom of Expression”

As long as it comes with adequate Disclaimers and does not trigger aggression

One morning, I got up at night

Seedhi baat, no bakwaas, as advocated by Sprite

Moun raho tho sanskaari

Virodh karo tho krantikaari

One morning, I got up at night

And nothing just seemed right

Negative ya positive, publicity tho milti hai

Har din naya jhamela, ‘Abhi tho party shuru hui hai’!

One morning, I got up at night

With no solution in sight

Drama hai, Action bhi hota hai

Har event pe reaction tho humara haq banta hai

One morning, I got up at night

Everything was grey, nothing black or white

Go ahead and express your vidroh

But please ensure, it is “quid-pro-quo”

One morning, I got up at night

And my imagination took flight

I could virtually see the ‘swacch’ and ‘achche din’

Iss segment ke prastut karta hai Surf aur Rin. Tin tin di Din

This Morning, I got up at night
Truth lay there, shining bright

Hum thehre Shatranj nahin par Circus ke Pyaade
Aur Humaare dum pe hote hain kisi aur ke faayde

Ghaas-Root Philosphies & Definitions

Philosophies

Hang around with one for long (“Lang”) and with age you’ll understand Language better.

Wordplay is to reading as foreplay is to sex, if it is not orgasmic, “yeh dil maange more” and if it is orgasmic, “dimaag maange more”; because for the ‘dim-wit’, it sparks some “aag”.

When the intentions are punctured but attendance is an act of forced eventuality, you understand the reason in one’s lack of punctuality.

Yaabi in Somali is ‘to be astonished’.  Sincerely, do your ‘kaam’ and be prepared to be astonished, coz the result will always be “kaamyaabi”

We’re displaying top-class “herd-mentality” to be collectively accepted as “heard”-mentality.

Looking for Opportunity to insert the “I” in every situation on and on dilutes one’s “opinion”

The main reason for any conflict is the focus on “main” in everything.

Sense of “hum” is the need of the hour. (Humour)

Talk without action is a good tact to let people walk away

It is important to act if you desire an impact

Good example is Marriage that teaches us to Martyr the “I” and together age gracefully.

The biggest con job witnessed is the act of venting about death of innocence in the name of Convenience

Simple Living – High Thinking has morphed into Complex Thinking about moving to “High-rise living”

Definitions

Urban Life

Urgent need to ban life as prescribed by nature

Rural Life

Rudimentary efforts towards nature’s progressive and evolutionary rally define “Rural Life”.

Intoxicate

“The urge to kill individual sensibilities with toxic thoughts and eradicate logic”

Social Media

Society’s craving for proverbial acceptance and emphasizing ‘Me’ amongst the ‘Diaspora’

Attitude

Failure is not to be looked at as a burden but as a spring-board to reach higher altitude

Be Original. After all, Imitation has its limitations.