Reborn at Thirty

Poems and musings of my life as an awakened thirty year old!

[reborn-at-30]

When I feel defeated by this world, Judged to death by this society Tired with carrying the weight of expectations and obligations I only have to look at you. Your sight melts all the falsification of man-made civilization Your presence makes my bones absorb the courage to go on. When the whole world is seen rushing to work on a Monday, you are by the window, sleeping blissfully uninterrupted. Uninterested in the hurry to be someone or be someplace. For you life happens right here. You are unaware of the notion of 'missing out' that we two-legged ones live by! --- Happy international Cat day! #internationalcatday #catwisdom #closetpoet #writing #poetrygram #poetryformycat #catpoetry #frankiethefurball

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Don't be surprised to find yourself stuck while trying to answer this. Your job, nationality, career, relationship don't define you. Those are the indicators set by society to 'judge' yourself and others. Do you even know your real self? #awakening #irejectsociety #intuition

[reborn-at-30]

Don't be surprised to find yourself stuck while trying to answer this. Your job, nationality, career, relationship don't define you. Those are the indicators set by society to 'judge' yourself and others. Do you even know your real self? #awakening #irejectsociety #intuition

[reborn-at-30]

Don't be surprised to find yourself stuck while trying to answer this. Your job, nationality, career, relationship don't define you. Those are the indicators set by society to 'judge' yourself and others. Do you even know your real self? #awakening #irejectsociety #intuition

[reborn-at-30]

Don't be surprised to find yourself stuck while trying to answer this. Your job, nationality, career, relationship don't define you. Those are the indicators set by society to 'judge' yourself and others. Do you even know your real self? #awakening #irejectsociety #intuition

[reborn-at-30]

Don't be surprised to find yourself stuck while trying to answer this. Your job, nationality, career, relationship don't define you. Those are the indicators set by society to 'judge' yourself and others. Do you even know your real self? #awakening #irejectsociety #intuition

[reborn-at-30]

We love the chaos We take pride in being busy We do not know what a morning feels like We are too busy checking emails gulping down breakfast. We are on the run to push through traffic to join the herd in a rush to finish that invisible race before time. For that trophy which Mom-Dad promised which even they could never figure out after years of chasing. When you step back, unplug you feel restless, you get called a loser, unambitious, a pauper. You realise this world is make - believe Built by trampling on others You survive this race by staying numb, pulling the other down, blind to the beauty of ordinary things living the false pride of a fat pay cheque feeling smug and complacent with expensive junk. #writing #poetrygram #closetpoet #irejectsociety

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Finally! My living room/workspace reflects who I am and what I feel! My cocoon, my temple, my comfort zone to shut out from the invasive world. #plantobsessed #indoorplants #indoorplantsdecor #workspace

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We are conditioned to think that animals have limited intelligence or they are dumb/stupid. Intelligence is the ability to learn from experience or the ability to quickly respond successfully to a new situation. Use this definition next time when to see how birds build intricate nests or observe that stray dog cooly crossing a busy road. Are Humans considered less intelligent because they cannot fly like birds or run as fast as cheetahs? These are a result of body differences, not mental capacity. Accept the fact that every animal is a spiritual being as well. Modern human cultures worldwide encourage left brain, rational, analysis style thinking which suppress and even ridicule intuitive, right - brain knowing. Thus, we don't recognise that there's another possibility, another reality, another way of being or connecting. All of animal life communicate with each other via telepathy. Telepathy simply means the ability to feel another from a distance. We all are born with this gift but the ways of modern lifestyle kills it. I feel blessed to have realized about the power and magic of telepathy. The four legged ones in your life can read your mind, they know your fears insecurities. You cannot lie to them. My cat Frankie grounded me in life. Made me realise my true self. Animals come into your life to make you a better version of yourself! --- #animaltelepathy #animalcommunicator #telepathiccommunication #intuition #animalteachers

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#Repost @the.mirror • • • "Generally speaking, you're free until you're about 4 years old. Then you go to grammar school and then you start becoming...oriented and shoved into areas. You lose what individualism you have. If you have enough of course, you retain some of it... Then you work the 8 hour job with almost a feeling of goodness, like you're doing something. Then you get married like marriage is a victory, and you have children like children is a victory... Marriage, birth, children. It's something they have to do because there's nothing else to do. There's no glory in it, there's no steam, there's no fire. It's very, very flat... You get caught into the stricture of what you're supposed to be and you have no other choice. You're finally molded and melded into what you're supposed to be. I didn't like this." #bukowski #truth

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At the age of 30, I get to indulge in an activity that nutures my soul. Writing. I wish to write not just everyday but every minute, every breathing second, so that I document every waking moment of my life. I wish to write while asleep to capture my dreams. I can forgo food for writing. I write not to be assessed for my grammar or language proficiency but to share what I observe. To share the intangibles of our lives that we take for granted. To share what we collectively repress in our subconscious. To point out our blindness to the beauty of everyday life. #writing #writingdesk #writeyourstory

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. Read this. Read it to understand yourself and understand the women in your lives. Read it to get a peek into their true nature and how they have divorced themselves from it to survive in today's patriarchal world. If it offends you that means you cannot see women beyond a certain traditional role. No, this isn't a feminist book before the men run away. It is written out of consciousness. I had to re - read it to reclaim my lost femininity. #osho #readinglist #bookshelf #bookofwoman #nowreading #booklove #bookstagram

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I now know how I want to live the rest of my life. A slow, unhurried life devoid of societal distraction and obligations. College, career, parties were just fillers of this falsified human civilization. It's 10 am and I no longer check emails instead I check on the crow's nest waiting for its egg to hatch. I don't take any morning client calls instead listen to the robin's call announcing it's plans for the day. I don't rush to board the 9 am bus instead rush to see my cat's prey. I no longer chase deadlines instead chase to witness the golden Sun turn orange. . . . #naturepoetry #irejectsociety #closetpoet #writing #thoreau #naturewriter

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I see women everywhere neat and prim, toned and lean always pretty and perfect. Strutting like live mannequins, seduced by the world, blinded by beauty, slave to attention, hungry for likes. Fashion as their friend, selfies as an achievement, giving conformity a good pat on its back. Matt lipstick, six inch stilettos beach body, nude makeup for the endless quest to look 21 forever, fooled by consumerism under the guise of liberation. I swim alone in this sea of bogus femininity, wish to meet a sister who worships her inner divinity. I refused to be tamed by this Capitalist notion of womanhood, where her worth is measured by how much of a doll she makes of herself!

[reborn-at-30]

I know where I get my liking for crows, it was when you would feed me lunch after kindergarten with that crow friend by the window. I know where I get my appreciation for the unconventional, it was when you mentioned that you like Sushmita Sen rather than famous Madhuri. I know where I get my open mindedness from, it was when you let me stay with a boy roommate in a new city. I know where I get my love for books and literature, it's beneath that facade of marital domesticity lies an obscure writer. It is today after 55 years of your existence, I realise and appreciate parts of you inside me. Happy Birthday Mother! --- #poetryformom #poetrygram #closetpoet #writing #poemformymom

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I see men everywhere with crouched shoulders, tired gait, defeated, exhausted, with carrying the weight of masculinity, toughness, aggression. That false exterior is bound to crack someday The same way the earth erupts bringing molten lava to its surface. Men forget that they are half woman. You are a product of strength and gentleness put together. Your forefathers tricked you to divorce yourself from your femininity. For everything in this world, around you exists because of the divine feminine creation. --- #poetrygram #closetpoet #writing #poemformen #masculinity #patriarchy

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I'm at the park, lying on the grass Feeling the damp earth with the morning sun bathing me warm. The warmth tells me I've changed. It's a different kind of knowing Sort of self knowledge that comes from the inside of your bones. Trees welcome me by showering it's leaves like confetti, Squirrels prance around excited to tell me about their day, The hawk lands a little further announcing it's ambitions. I start to shed my old skin, to embrace my true self. My soul waited for this change all its waking life For all it requires is taking charge of your life. Of letting go attachments and things that you thought were important; Of unlearning old lessons Of forgiving people in your past Of learning the conviction to live life on your own beliefs Of snatching your power back Of being reborn and navigate life as a child again. #naturepoetry #poetrygram #awakening #thirdeye #closetpoet #writing #poetrysavedme #poetrylove