Penned Ego

Haiku 3 To my tabula rasa, they mimicked a picture, A dozen times removed from truth. As I grew, rationality started erasing it. -Arjun R

Haiku 2 Within thick fleshy walls, it seeks expression. Within thick concrete walls, its prison seeks redemption. Within thin ozone walls , its prison's prison seeks security. -Arjun R

Haiku 1 The world looked down at me, They saw my feet. I looked straight to see their faces. -Arjun R

The Uninvited Invitation Delivered at our doorstep, Lacking an inscription, Brought by an undesirable guest The uninvited invitation. Dear to none, Rare to none, The commonest archetype Of humankind and the like. Inevitable as nothing, Impossible to hide From its panopticon eye, We try to delay it's arrival. Some embrace, others repel. Both not out of love, But out of fear Of mysteries ahead. The uninvited invitation reads The paradox of nature, "Mortality has eternity." -Arjun R

Nation of Paradox Donne has become none For we become the practitioners of paradox, Not in poem, but in life. For our hands applaud for Mary Kom And lips utter praises to God, to restrict Woman's right for belief. For Rahul Nair, Vishwanathan Iyyenkar, Krish Malhotra and all preach, "The caste system is no more". For we create the creators everyday, And save the saviour by chanting prayer. For we united to discriminate and Discriminate to unite. For we elevate statue of unity, And preach to exile muslims. For we have the richest, And famine in the same bag. Paradox is a part of our life, For we live in the paradoxical nation. -Arjun R

Careless One The one riding Is the one, who doesn't care About the ones loving this one And the ones this one loves. The one who doesn't care About the ones on the road Or the ones that one loves Or the ones loving that one. -Arjun R