Month: December 2016

Dear 2016

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Oh 2016! What a year you’ve been.

A challenge at every step, unlike any I’d ever seen.
You prodded me on when I had little hope.

And also pushed me off a cliff, with no traces of a rope.
The lessons I learned will stay with me forever.

For at times you made me feel dumb, and on others a tad clever.

I tried and failed, and tried and failed.

But saw to it that every effort was hailed.

I may have lost more than I won.

But you ought to know, that I am far from done.

As you breathe your last, I reminisce it all.

Having survived the duel, I celebrate your fall. 

And although a new year is only all numbers,

it’s also the end of a few hundred slumbers.

So I will wake up tomorrow to a fresh set of days.

Looking forward to making them count in multiple ways.

People have resolutions, but I have none.

I wouldn’t dare have any, even if pointed by a gun.

For more often than not, they stay unfulfilled.

Adding to the pressure, setting dreams up to be killed.

And don’t you worry, for my shoulders won’t always be cold.

You also gave me memories – plenty worth their weight in gold.

So walking into the future, I take in what is.

I let my life lead me, out of your abyss.

​10 Reasons Why Personizing Sucks!

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1. Obvious Humour:

A statement that personizes anything works as a prompt for a possible obvious scientifically correct statement in an attempt to crack a joke. While the ‘joker’ in question may bask in the glory of his tiny wit, you feel stupefied, annoyed and sorry for their lack of imagination all at the same time.

2. Imagination (and the lack of it):

Practical jokes often stem from a desperate desire to look funny. Conjuring up metaphors can feel good to an enthusiast of the written word; and some people may look down on you,  and wonder why you look so dazed at times. To them you’re the perpetual fantasizer that has lost track of reality. Haven’t you really though? And wilfully too.

3. Helplessness:

You just can’t help it. No, you haven’t lost your mind yet. But there’s no explaining that to your wilful or at times, forced audience.

4. You’re always high:

You don’t have to smoke weed to see what most people won’t. You bring inanimate objects to life at will, and it’s a high no drug can match.

5. No revenge:

You want it sometimes for the mockery that comes with it, but there’s no way to get it. You think long and hard, seeking a way to do it, but find none. At the end of the day, you have to make-do with the fact that it’s them that have the raw deal.

6. It’s addictive:

It clings to you like leeches, and it’s more stubborn than any of those little suckers will ever be.

7. Indecisiveness:

It makes you wonder if you’re stupid. Am I? Am I not? You never have a definite answer. Maybe you are, but that’s one of those rare, right kinds of stupidities. Because through every word, you enlighten a life or two, and even if it’s just one, it counts.

8. Takes varying degrees of thinking from time to time:

It won’t always be easy. But most things that are worthwhile, seldom are.

9. It’s rarely a shared experience:

It’s not something you would discuss with people, so you write about it and wonder if people will laugh at you as you put it out. You are almost sure they will, but secretly hope they won’t.

10. Basically, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea:

Or coffee. Or lemon juice. It’s not a cup. It’s not even a thing. It doesn’t have mass nor does it occupy space. See, I know science. Yes, I stated the obvious, but isn’t everyone fond of that? So when a writer states the not-so-obvious and it isn’t to your taste, let it go. To you, it might make no sense, but to him/her, it’s merely a string of ideas that are beyond the reaches of your mind. For now.

It only takes some trying to get there.