Self-respect

Title - Self-respect A saint received an imaginary god.
A monk found impermanent peace.
A lover gained fleeting love.
Academics and intellectuals earned money.
An artist forged lasting artifacts. Read more from here...
Bravery, Courage, and Alignment

Title – Bravery, Courage, and Alignment Bravery is inbuilt, by default.
Courage is forged through necessity.
I needed neither to be human.
I am not shutting down defense mechanisms,
nor defending them like some poor creature Read more from here...
I Am Me

Title – I Am Me I am not this, not that, not even that either.
Look closely: necessity has forced me to become everything,
testing the depths of this nothingness.
I am all of the above-and still nothing at all.
Life did not choose isolation for decades; Read more from here...
Against All Odds

Title - Against All Odds Daredevils sing anthems of rehearsed risks-
hollow chests, borrowed courage echoing thin.
True strength arrives untaught:
the Himalayas, faced with no knowledge of the climb,
do-or-die on sheer, unforgiving stone. Read more from here...
Lazy Ass – Haraam-Khorni Ke

Title – Lazy Ass – Haraam-Khorni Ke Life is a traveler’s endless road-
no name needed, only stride.
The moment you halt,
the path turns sheer, a mountain face.
You cannot cling to rocks forever. Read more from here...
Jealousy of Snakes

Title - Jealousy of Snakes I neither beg nor brag,
nor hope,
nor pray,
nor dream-
I am a godless being. Read more from here...
Didn’t Occur at All

Title - Didn't Occur at All Grief brought suffering.
I am surrounded by ghosts.
Their presence is my weight.
My authority comes from rights
left unclaimed-only from persisting in time. Read more from here...
Original

Title - Original In between the two points of reference-
from humiliation to respect
in my own eyes-
that’s who I am.
That’s the weight. Read more from here...
Document of Character

Title – Document of Character I planted the seeds myself long ago-
trees and plants that rise in my dreams at night,
or appear on paths when I walk alone,
hints the universe sends to speak to me.
The same universe shines for everyone, Read more from here...
Monstrously, Monotonously Vast

Title - Monstrously, Monotonously Vast Sometimes I talk to snakes,
and sometimes I think of her-
only realizing it later.
Through iron bars, the moon,
snagged in black branches. Read more from here...
