The Phoenix

When you feel like 

You don't know what you want anymore

When it seems that

You are just doing things

For they ought to be done

When your journey appears to be mere dragging by

When you long to go into hibernation 

When you begin to believe that,

Your inner fire that once drove you,

Has somehow come outside and burnt you down!

Just then my friend,

Let me tell you the secret.

For you should know

This fire that seems to have turned you dead

Will bring you back alive!

It will bring you back 

From this uneasy state of transition,

This commotion where nothing seems to make sense.

For even the coal must have felt uneasy

When it was being turned into diamond!

The ashes that remain of you, 

It will be these from which 

Your fire will rise.

Yet again!

It is your own beautiful remains

From which you shall rise

Yet again!

Stronger, Shinier, Resilient

Than ever before

For you, my friend, are the Phoenix!

- Akansha

20/09/22

CONTINUUM

POEM#9
This poem relates to the Jainism principle of "Syadvaad".

Continuum!

Isn't everything in continuum?
Moments, places, people, races
Pictures, rythms, beliefs, isms!
Isn't the so called dichotomy
Of black and white, good and bad, right and wrong
All a fallacy?

The Illusions and the truths
The facts and the myths
The ideal and the real
Ain't all connected?

Isn't the rightness in right and wrongness in wrong
Just a probability?

Ain't these theories
Of do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs
A mere prophecy
Of the veterans?

Then why not customize our own truths!
And decipher the myths
Why not throw away the bigotry?
And carve our lives into a poetry!

Why to impose ourselves
Let all seek themselves
Their continuums!

Why fear?

POEM#8

Fear,

We flee the most 

Fear,

We adhere the most

Fear, 

We fear the most

So why fear! 

Things go as per planned 

Not by you, but as destined 

Irrespective of all your cures

Cautions and preventions

What is meant to be 

Will be,

No matter how hard you stop it.

Fight against the written, 

And it will fight you with greater might 

Rather, let flow

Flow of all the happenings

Disheartening or joyous 

Let them be 

All shall pass

Your fears and worries 

Are not going to bring you any better 

Yes, be vigilant 

But don't let it stop you to breathe to suffocate you 

Stop flattering your demons

And nurturing your hesitations

Be a rebel to your insecurities 

Be the hero 

Be the anchor 

Of your ship

Be your best 

And life will be at it's best! 

तू सही या तू सही!

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जब कुछ हुआ ही नहीं, तो भी कुछ हुआ क्यों है
कुछ बड़ा कहा ही नहीं, तो भी दिल पर लगा क्यों है 
बात वहीं क्यों होती है, जहाँ कोई बात ही नहीं हो
समझ शायद कम पड़ गयी है
या फिर हो गए हैं ज़्यादा समझदार हम?

जहाँ चुभना चाहिये वहाँ चुभता नहीं 
जहाँ चुभन ही नहीं, वहीँ दुखता है
नादान हैं शायद हम
या फिर हो गए हैं ज़्यादा चालाक?

क्यों कोई छोटी सी बात घर कर जाती है
किसी करीब शख्स की ज़ात दिखा जाती है
टनों का लाद ले आती हैं
कई सवालात संग आ जाती है

क्या हमें भूल जाना चाहिए 
या गौर करना चाहिए
बात छोटी ही सही मगर है तो बड़ी
खुद के ही दो प्रतिबिम्ब मानो कर रहें हो बहस
हल पाने मेरी दुविधा का
कि तू सही या तू सही!

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The Untitled!

Poem #7
She drowned deep in herself
Amidst the commotion of the city
With desires that were unknown
Into mysterious destinies

For she couldn't find a place
To accommodate her thoughts, her realities
She was a different species
In the crowd
Her ways clearly reflecting her soul
That was absolutely pristine

Sad it is, she kept seeking
Craving for a soulmate
Who would be complimentary
And complete the jigsaw of her life

It was only later, that she found
The whole universe was her soulmate
Fulfilling her in her own ways
All that was needed, was an eye to recognise

Just then, she confronted with tranquillity
Just then, that she discovered life
In its virgin form
And got a purpose of her purpose. 

DELUSION

Naive she travels
Like a nomad 
Jovial she might be 
But barely does she have companions
She sounds so sound 
Chirruping she bounces 
From person to person 
Making the environment lively 

Ironic it may sound 
But in depth it is found 
The heaviness of loneliness 
Bereft of joy 
She spreads joys 
They call her sweet natured 
Jolly and pretty in her character 
So how come she's so alone 
Why doesn't she feel at home 

Nobody is to be blamed at
'cause all are in their own rhythms 
It's just that, 
Hers' doesn't rhyme with others 

Brave she is 
Stands with self 
In times of turbulence!
Convinces self 
Of the realities
To be illusions! 

Just if this phase of delusion comes to an end 
And she experiences the freshness ever again... 

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Rise Up

'Dawns are a reminder that it's never too dark,
'cause there's always some light awaiting to overshadow it!'

Why are you knelt down 

You're supposed to cause thunders!
Rise and go beyond
In the journey howsoever long 

Don't let the friction of negativity
Of the babbles of the crowd
Of your own doubts 
Impede you to ski
And flee 

Let them not obsess you
Or overpower your depths
Make optimism,
Your full time obsession! 

Awaken your demons 
Your infinite might 
Let it drive you 
To immeasurable heights
Break all the barriers that you encounter across
Embrace the twists & turns of the path
Else, what interest would be left in the journeys to cross

We're all here for some purpose 
Find yours' 
And in this quest
You'll find yourselves
Resulting in calmness 
Joy overwhelmed!

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-Akansha Jain

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