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330 · Jan 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jan 2022
Fairness is not a promise; rather, it is an expectation of all humans who feel that life is fair to all.
329 · Mar 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2021
I turned Sky into Ocean and Ocean into Sky to prove that Sky is not the limit for my poetic imagination.
329 · Sep 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Sep 2022
Which eyes captured the dream?
327 · Jun 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2021
You said that you had given up on my love.

That is a ridiculous claim!

Nothing that isn't yours can be given up.
327 · Nov 2023
Peace
Eshwara Prasad Nov 2023
Let peace be the new language our hearts shall speak.

Let it mend the wounds that hatred has wrought.
326 · Jul 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2021
His on stage shows were like a moonlit rainbow, rare but spectacular.
325 · Jun 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2023
Everyone is an orphan where compassion is absent.
325 · Jul 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2022
When the eyes were first opened, there was no life to be seen; only the walls.
323 · Jul 2022
Realisation
Eshwara Prasad Jul 2022
That shock and a lifetime of silence
323 · Jan 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jan 2022
Don't see big dreams. Make big dreams out of small ones.
323 · Oct 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Oct 2023
Who else will pay the price for our prosperity, besides the poor?
322 · Feb 2024
Bow and rue
Eshwara Prasad Feb 2024
Machines learn and grow,
Humans falter, lose their way.
AI reigns, we bow and rue.
322 · Sep 2023
A compelling influence
Eshwara Prasad Sep 2023
Why did you take away the joy you provided me while staying away by drawing closer to me?
322 · May 2023
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Eshwara Prasad May 2023
The onset of a desire signals the onset of a challenge and the onset of a setback.
322 · May 2023
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Eshwara Prasad May 2023
Be frivolous on the outside,
but a monk on the inside.
322 · Apr 2024
Life is X & Y game
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2024
DNA defines
our unique identity.
Life's X and Y game!
322 · Nov 2023
Unchanging Mind
Eshwara Prasad Nov 2023
The spiritual discourse was over, my soul felt so strong,
thought my mind was clear, but I was surely wrong,
But as I left the hall, rain poured with no remorse,
I cursed at life, as I walked back into the hall distraught,
I realised that my mind is a slave to the elements, not higher powers.
322 · Jan 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jan 2022
Your lies of others have turned into worms that are devouring my mind.
320 · Oct 2023
Fill every soul with joy
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2023
Be a song that brings deep joy to the soul, not just a verse that skims over it like a misplaced note.
320 · Jun 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
Perfection is an infatuation that has gone too far.
320 · Oct 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Oct 2022
Isn't life an unwritten poem 
of unmet expectations?
319 · Jan 2021
Climate Change
Eshwara Prasad Jan 2021
We are cutting down the tree of life.
319 · May 2021
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Eshwara Prasad May 2021
Reading a few extracts from great books gave him access to rare human insights. But it only lasted as long as he continued to read.
318 · Apr 2023
Eternity
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2023
The sea of life has no harbours.
318 · Jul 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2022
Why is my mind not what it was yesterday? Who changed that?
318 · Nov 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Nov 2021
Appreciation is tough to receive, but it is even more difficult to offer.
317 · May 2021
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Eshwara Prasad May 2021
With your dream of a family, children, and a happy home, you defused my exploding dreams.

I fell for it because it seemed within my grasp.
317 · Sep 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Sep 2022
Who wants a victory that no one else recognises?
317 · Oct 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
Your tongue reveals your pedigree.
316 · Mar 2021
Old Age...
Eshwara Prasad Mar 2021
A
placid acceptance of predicament.
314 · Oct 2021
Landing in a land of faith
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
Your crushing waves of distrust reduced me to dust and carried me to a land of faith.
313 · Jul 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2022
Because we believe we lack any qualities that would appeal to their tastes, the majority of us rarely express our liking to others.
312 · Oct 2021
Decommissioned Past
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
The mind, like a fossil, is constantly trying to cling to its decommissioned past.
311 · Apr 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Apr 2021
I  will write
for eternity
if you promise
to read everything
I write.
310 · Jun 2022
Let us live equally
Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
Living days are dwindling.
The will to live is fading.
Let's give it another shot.
Let us live with everyone equally before we descend into the depths of death together.
310 · Mar 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2022
Faith's roots are intertwined. The poison of distrust is injected into one of them. Both trees fall together.
310 · Apr 2023
A poet's wish
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2023
I only want a small space to scribble down a few lines of poetry that will endure forever.
309 · Oct 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
Pursuing victory for personal glory is not a honourable thing.
309 · Mar 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2021
Isn't Love some form of emotional levitation?
309 · Jul 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2021
His poisoned heart was the epicenter of all unrest in the community where he lived.
309 · Jun 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
Where perfection ends, creativity begins.
308 · Aug 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Aug 2023
The letter you wrote for me has arrived. It's wet. I'm not sure what made it wet—your tears or the rain that poured along the way. It cannot be read. But I'm curious which of my two conclusions would please you.
307 · Aug 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Aug 2022
You are the crown's chin over the dagger's charm.
307 · Aug 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Aug 2023
When left undisturbed, a disturbed  mind and water become clearer.
306 · May 2021
Slave to a slave
Eshwara Prasad May 2021
When the blind heart wanted to express remorse on behalf of the mind to which it was a slave, the eyes sobbed.
306 · Apr 2023
Nothing isn't much
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2023
Nothing here isn't much.
Even if you unwrap and spill, everything remains the same.
306 · Mar 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2022
A breakthrough for the Sun: rays fall on every object equally, and sinners become unmasked in the company of the holy.
306 · Apr 2021
Change of Guard
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2021
Advent of new players.
Seniors with inflated
Egos ousted.
old rules ditched.
New game begins.
Seniors watch on
from the side lines.
This  story has been repeated
many times in the past.
304 · Feb 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Feb 2022
Breath is 
not in my control.
It's under your control, O my lord. Only devotion is mine.
303 · Nov 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Nov 2021
Time was less
Huge throng
Destination unknown
Legs dragged forward
while the mind dragged backwards
Caught between two opposing forces
Not sure which path to take
Stuck in a limbo!
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