Not philosophical questions alone

They are existential questions too.

Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his poetry

Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He was honored with Seneca Award LAUDIS CHARTA by Academy of Arts & Philosophical Sciences, Bari, Italy 2024. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by University of Engineering & Management, (UEM) Jaipur. Email anandjs55@yahoo.com 

Biblio-link: https://sites.google.com/view/bibliography-dr-jernal-singh/home   

TO BE OR NOT TO BE

Everything needs wherewithal

To stay in life

If we find things in their place

The simple reason is

They are not denied

The justification of their being.

To be or not to be are

Not philosophical questions alone

They are existential questions too

Can one stay in life

Or one must withdraw

These issues too matter

 Not only are men, who are found

At their routine jobs

Duly or un-duly fed

Even birds flap out

Into the next day in the faith

They will be fed

Today also as they were yesterday.

Things which are not supported

In their diurnal necessities

By nature

Soon go out of existence

And wait no longer than

A tree whose roots get dried up

In the continued absence of water.

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THE SAFE SANCTUARY

The safest place

For a person is

Home

Where people love each other

And live in mutual faith.

Let us not make

Our home

Unsafe

With undue demands

From other partners

After God’s heavenly abode

Only place where

We feel at home

Is our Home

Distrust can destroy it

Where shall we go

To guard against winds

And tempests?

Minor imperfections are better

Than to expose ourselves to tempests

If animals and birds

Can have families

They too protect their homes

And rear young ones

Why we have lost faith in it?

A nest is made of faith,

Not of bricks and mortar

It takes two

To form a family

And love to keep it together.

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