self-awareness – Read Poems aka Dinosaurs

Why the Difference?

Posted 3 months ago under Biology, DINOSAUR, Mythopoetic, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology Tagged: character formation, character vs instinct, consciousness, cosmic indifference, desire and character, emotional realism, ethical paradox, evolution and mind, evolutionary psychology, existential resilience, existential struggle, existential thought, Existentialism, gender dynamics, human condition, human contradictions, human desire, human motivation, Human nature, identity and desire, identity exploration, individualism, inner core theory, inner strength, internal-conflict, Introspection, introspective literature, introspective philosophy, life determinism, male female psychology, metaphysical reflection, moral ambiguity, moral complexity, personal doctrine, personal philosophy, personal responsibility, philosophical anthropology, philosophical narrative, philosophical poetry, Philosophical reflection, philosophical self inquiry, psychological conflict, Psychological realism, reflective prose, self-awareness, social dynamics, stoic resilience, strength and truth, subconscious mind, Survival Instinct.

Why the Difference? A woman names her weakness helplessness,
while a man names his unfulfilled desire 
for a woman a requirement.
Why?
Because a woman is often lazy enough Read more from here...

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God

Posted 4 months ago under DINOSAUR, Existential Rehabism, Mythopoetic, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: accountability, action, alignment, authenticity, Autonomy, awareness, character, cognitive clarity, collapse, consciousness, Continuity, decision-making, desire, discipline, endurance, engineering, Ethics, existential, first-order truth, habit, honesty, human condition, inner truth, Integrity, intent, Introspection, loss, mann, minimalism, morality, non-conformity, Observation, performance, personal responsibility, philosophy, presence, Purity, reality, reflection, Residue, resilience, self-awareness, self-discipline, Self-mastery, self-surveillance, solitude, structure, style, suffering, truth.

God Caught between the truth I felt
and reality’s refusal to agree,
I stand in silence, asking:
Is there a man here-
or only the space Read more from here...

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College Canteen

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: acoustic, acoustic guitar, alternative, angst, bridge, campus life, college canteen, Confessional, contemplative, emotional honesty, emotional restraint, empty chair, everyday life, first person, grounded, Heartbreak, human condition, indie, intimate performance, Introspection, introspective, lonely, low-fi, melancholy, minimalism, modern folk, muted chorus, narrative song, Observation, personal reflection, pre-chorus, private world, quiet defiance, raw imagery, raw vocals, real-life, realism, realism in music, relatable, resilience, self-awareness, slow song, solitude, standing upright, storytelling, stripped-down, struggle, subtle rebellion, truth, unfiltered emotion, unrequited-love, vocal delivery, youth.

College Canteen Verse 1 I thought if I stood up straight, man,
this whole damn canteen would notice-
walls would chill a little,
chairs would slide closer, Read more from here...

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Sing — 07 Feb 2005 by Ronie Dinosaur

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: 2005, aftermath, aging, archival writing, authenticity, boundaries, confessional poetry, crossed-out poem, diary poem, distance, early twenties, emotional clarity, emotional discipline, endurance, first-love, growth, handwriting, Heartbreak, history, Indian college, longing, longing without consent, loss, memory, naming absence, paper artifacts, plea, private writing, Refusal, refusal to send, regret, repetition, restraint, restraint learned, Ronie, self-awareness, self-command, silence, solitude, song lyrics, testimony, time, unrequited-love, unsent letter, voice, vulnerability, waiting, witness, yellowed pages, youth melancholy.

Sing — 07 Feb 2005 Sing,
sing for me,
I am waiting for you.
Oh, it doesn’t rain now;
everything just seems Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 125 – Where do I go?

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: abandonment, acceptance without hope, adaptation to pain, Alienation, breathing underwater, cosmic imagery, cosmic indifference, desire, despair without melodrama, Detachment, drowning metaphor, emotional realism, existential poetry, fatalism, godlessness, grief without closure, human insignificance, identity erosion, inner exile, inward gaze, loneliness, longing, Loss of innocence, love without reciprocity, Meaninglessness, memory vs atoms, metaphysical loss, missed youth, modern existentialism, modern verse, nihilistic love, obsession, personal mythology, philosophical poetry, reflective verse, rehabilitation, resignation, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 125, secular spirituality, self-awareness, shadow chasing, silent suffering, solitude, spiritual absence, truth and illusion, unanswered prayer, unfulfilled desire, unrequited-love, Where do I go, witnessless suffering.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 125 - Where do I go? Some found God.
Some found the one God carved out just for them.
I found neither God
nor even a fleeting glimpse of my beloved.
The universe flared into being and winked out again- Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 116 – Nehru Place, Twenty-Something

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: absence of light, angel chaos, bitterness, Bollywood song, character study, Delhi bus, dignity, emotional trauma, execution metaphor, existential poetry, failed romance, fate vs choice, fleeting connections, grief, Heartbreak, human fragility, Indian city life, inner darkness, lost-love, love without possession, masculine-vulnerability, memory, mental health, modern Indian poetry, Moral integrity, Nehru Place, Philosophical reflection, Psychological realism, quiet despair, rejection, resilience, respect in love, restraint, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 116, scars, self-awareness, self-condemnation, silent witness, social judgment, solitude, survival, truth-telling, twenties, Twenty-Something, urban loneliness, war hero peace, youth disillusionment.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 116 - Nehru Place, Twenty-Something Twenty-something,
college backpack heavy on my shoulders,
T-shirt and jeans,
standing by the front door of a crowded bus
headed to Nehru Place. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 114 — This Is My Curse

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Mythopoetic, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Alienation, anti-sentimental poetry, curse, dignity without reward, emotional-starvation, endurance, endurance over hope, ethical persistence, existential dignity, existential labor, existential poetry, existential realism, human condition, identity and meaning, intellectual suffering, internal exile, inward discipline, inward exile, inward violence, loneliness, memory and failure, modern existentialism, moral solitude, moral struggle, persistence, personal myth, philosophical melancholy, philosophical poem, philosophical voice, post-romantic realism, poverty of affection, refusal to kneel, resilience, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 114, self-accounting, self-awareness, self-examination, self-tyranny, silence, solitude, spiritual austerity, stoicism, suffering without spectacle, survival ethic, survival without consolation, truth seeking, unrequited-love, walking as metaphor, witness-less life.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 114 — This Is My Curse Those bitter moments-
injustice, inequality, cruelty aimed straight at my heart-
I want to forget them.
But I must remember them,
again and again, Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 104 — Restraint

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: austere lyricism, character, Control, cult poetry, Delayed Gratification, desire withheld, devotion without possession, dignity, discipline, emotional minimalism, emotional-austerity, ethical desire, ethical eros, existential romance, Existentialism, grief addressed sideways, hunger, hunger-metaphor, imagination, inner law, Integrity, Interior Monologue, intimacy without touch, loneliness, longing, masculine restraint, masculinity, memory, Mental Mastery, modern asceticism, Moral High Ground, moral tension, noncommercial poetry, nonperformative love, Originality vs Copy, post-romantic writing, principled refusal, Psychological realism, psychological-poetry, quiet intensity, Refusal, refusal culture, relational philosophy, restraint, restraint as power, restraint ideology, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 104, self-awareness, self-denial, slow burn, South Asian Literature, tension, The Godown, The Zeigarnik Effect, thirst, unconsummated love, Unfinished Business, unmet desire, unsentimental-love.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 104 - Restraint A hungry stomach never forgets why I let her go.
An upright character remembers-down to the last detail-why I walked away.
My heart aches
not for what happened,
not for what might have been, Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 103 – Reflection: Love Without Witness

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: character and restraint, confessional poetry, dignity in love, dignity over pleasure, emotional asymmetry, emotional isolation, emotional restraint, ethical suffering, existential romance, failed intimacy, grief without spectacle, human limitation, inner discipline, internal-conflict, introspective verse, invisible love, literary introspection, loneliness and time, love, love and character, love as illusion, love without witness, memory and loss, modern tragic love, moral endurance, moral-loneliness, personal mythology, personal narrative, philosophical poetry, Philosophical reflection, poetic realism, poetic rejection, psychological depth, quiet heartbreak, reflection, reflective chapter, rejection poetry, restrained desire, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 103, self-awareness, silent devotion, solitude and meaning, time and consequence, time as witness, truth in restraint, unreciprocated-love, unreturned affection, unseen sacrifice, unspectacular love, witness, witnessless devotion.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 103 - Reflection: Love Without Witness I loved you with character.
I still do.
Love poured from the heart
spills as emotion, visible to all.
Love from the flesh Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101 – Life’s High

Posted 5 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: addiction metaphor, addiction to life, authenticity, clarity through suffering, confession without apology, delayed fulfillment, desire vs consumption, dignity in hunger, disciplined longing, emotional hunger, emotional precision, empty abundance, endurance, existential choice, existential poetry, high and crash, hunger of the heart, hunger-metaphor, integrity over abundance, intensity ethic, internal exile, life as intoxication, Life’s High, life’s wager, lived-experience, loneliness with agency, masculine solitude, menu illusion, moral appetite, one-woman vow, patience as resistance, philosophical romance, poetic minimalism, refusal of consolation, refusal of substitutes, rehab clarity, rejection of excess, restraint, romantic absolutism, romantic austerity, romantic realism, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101, scarcity of meaning, selective desire, self-awareness, self-mythology, solitude by choice, starvation as stance, uncompromising desire, unfulfilled promise.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101 - Life’s High Life, too, is an addiction, my friend-
when it rises,
don’t ask what state it leaves you in.
When it crashes,
people lie scattered on the streets, sunk in depression. Read more from here...

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