[525] Vivid Night, Vivid Light

As I gazed upon my lifeI see a divide so clearMy yearning soul and the worldly strideMy ambition rears its teethas authenticity dies a silent death My heart craves revelling in the inner realmbut the external world the sound of a drill in my mindI am reminded of my privileged lifeAnd the inner light that [...]

[509] Solving The Puzzle

Puzzles of a story⁣⁣churning in my soul⁣⁣The medium stays running⁣⁣Where do I find the source?⁣⁣Painful to live in the past⁣⁣So the future is where I reside⁣⁣The makings of a story⁣⁣rustier every night⁣⁣⁣⁣Sunbeams on my eyes⁣⁣I wake up to tonight⁣⁣A blank slate of calm for a while⁣⁣Then the while simply dies⁣⁣Troubles of the heart ⁣⁣take time [...]

[508] Puzzles of the Mind

An eternity without words ⁣or lives without eternity⁣sentences without meaning⁣no centre within or without⁣In shadows, haunting of the past⁣In light, shimmering of the future⁣I find myself in extremes⁣of inability to understand ⁣or being able to understand it all⁣⁣People move on but I stay⁣Times change but I am the same⁣The expression has quietened ⁣The words have [...]

[159] The Return of The Symphony

To let the music write a story in your mind is an experience like no other. The language of music ranges from producing emotions such as anger, love, hopelessness and sometimes all of these in one go. My mind was writing a story tuned to Mozart's Piano Sonata No.16 Andante. A story of a slow [...]

[149] The Future Waits For None

As I sit here, a realisation dawns on me. The world nods in confirmation of my fear that it doesn't really require me as it runs without me unabashedly. This doesn't come as a surprise at all but it comes like that strong gust of wind that uproots even the most rooted grass from the [...]

[148] Solo Travelling

A snow-capped summit that evades you. You are filled with fear of the distance, of the journey that is unknown. Sounds that you've never heard conjure and hijack your senses packing your ambitions behind fear. One day you wake up remembering why you dreamt at all. The morning motivation coupled with no external stimuli of [...]

[140] Wasted Times

Stillness without contentment is just anxiety brooding. You can have the laziest day turn into a day of rest or it can turn into a day of sulking over your lack of productivity. Being holed up in a room and catching up with yourself can be tiring in an ironical way. Introspection takes effort and [...]