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The Optimistic Me

Karanvir — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:14:00 +0000

The Optimistic Me is third in the series of poem dedicated to the book The End. The End is a story of suffering, healing, of losing and finding oneself amidst the pandemic times.

The Cautious Me
The Sceptic Me
The Optimistic Me

The world stood aghast

and so did I,

thinking about what

the pandemic did to us

and the world

and all that’s left behind

of immobile people

and conversations paralysed

the mass migration

the loners, the departed

orphans, and

a generation that went

berserk, broken, bare

left with a massive void

the missing physical presence

over which the virtual world preside

The world stood aghast

and so did I,

counting the miseries

the pandemic left us to fight

the immense darkness that surrounded us

we wondered, will there ever be light?

Was it all over

not yet, not so soon

only when you think

of an endless autumn

comes spring

in its full bloom

There will be a new normal

towards we all shall move

together we would craft

a world that will be all new

made in peace

with hearts full of joy

simplicity-clad humans

and have less to consume

in the hope, we all shall dwell

and dare to dream again

but before

the world needs to heal, and

recover from all the pain

that the pandemic

has bestowed.

The world stands hopeful

and so do I

that tomorrow the sun will shine

bright upon us

over a clear blue sky

and the world be full of

bees and butterflies

And maybe with time

we all shall realise, that

not all The Ends are painful

some just arrive

shaking us from the slumber

giving a reality check

as a blessing in disguise

course correct our actions

in due course of time

saving us the grace of being known

as the most eloquent of species

of all times.

The world stands in that hope

and so do I

that it will be a better tomorrow

with better versions of ours,

let us live again

for we are indomitable spirits

let us raise a toast and

give another chance to life

The Optimistic Me

drinks from that cup o’ positivity. ☕️

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Part II – The Skeptic Me!

Karanvir — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:30:24 +0000

This is Part II in the series of three reflecting the times we are living through:

The Cautious Me
The Skeptic Me
The Optimistic Me

Tomorrow,
When all of this is over
Maybe we do not
Fall into oblivion
As if
Nothing happened
Nothing mattered
Nothing came
nothing conquered
There was nothing
What got us thinking
Nothing that got us
Locked inside for quite sometime
And left us sinking!

Tomorrow,
When all of this is gone by
Maybe we do not
Get back to our usual “usual”
What brought us here
At the very first.
Lest we forget what
The nature showed
In those 21 days
The mountain peaks
Clear skies and safer air
Streams and rivers, oh so clear!
Maybe we do not forget that
Humans caged and animals roamed freely

Tomorrow,
When this becomes a thing of past
A tell-a-tale, of our bravery
Of staying at homes
And saving the mankind
Maybe we do not ignore
Hints left by the nature
To live in harmony.
Tomorrow, while we rejoice
Maybe we do not laugh it out
What happened to all of us
In a meme or a jest
Just because we survived
Because we all lived it through!

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Part I – The Cautious Me!

Karanvir — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:23:05 +0000

I wrote this during the times of COVID-19! Yes, COVID-19 is a virus that grappled the world. Originated in China, the virus traveled far and wide calling for worldwide shutdowns and lockdowns. People were forced to lock themselves up to prevent the infection, businesses were clamped down. Nothing was operational except for the sale of grocery, food and other essentials.

It has been Day 8 of the lockdown and as I walked outside my house to arrange for drinking water and buy some other essentials, I saw the nature taking over all what mankind has built and constructed. Dust formed a silken shiny sheet over the expensive cars, leaves and those cherry blossoms adorn the roads as if claiming their right. Across the news and media, we could see animals being spotted. From the red turtles retreating to Odisha beaches for laying eggs, dolphins being spotted in Arabian Sea near Mumbai, stags and deers being spotted on the roads – I could see a clear sign of the Universe to hint the humans that it will not take much for the nature to claim what belongs to it. May be it (the pandemic due to the virus and consequential clampdown of many man-made activities) is time for the reality-check!

And while all of this happened around, I wondered and came up with this piece called The Cautious Me! It is the first in the 3 part series – all of which in order are:

1. The Cautious Me
2. The Skeptic Me
3. The Optimistic Me

Here it goes:

Just because
the earth didn’t shiver
nor did the oceans
took you in their garb
the mountains didn’t quiver
and you didn’t flow in the mud tar!

doesn’t mean – that nothing happened
we just witnessed,
what could be a world apocalypse
but stopping at being a pandemic! (hopefully so)

Oblivion is not something we can choose
Consciousness might be the mantra for tomorrow
Stirring up the conscience for it approves
Of what we do not and what we do!

It doesn’t stop here
It was just a teaser of
what we are stepping into
and where we are headed to!

for the times we sail through
for the times that are yet to arrive
for the choices we have to make
for us and our generations to survive!
The Cautious Me!
The Cautious Me!

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