{"id":3657,"date":"2021-12-27T16:42:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/?page_id=3657"},"modified":"2022-01-24T18:26:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:26:56","slug":"poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/?page_id=3657","title":{"rendered":"POEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poem on Positivity (1) by Puja Bhakoo\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-V4ivgy7vRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Power of Positivity \u2014 A Poem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf43<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more poems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B09FRWNWVN\/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_HQ5K877YPXV604NWTW80\">click here <\/a>to order your copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B09FRWNWVN\/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_HQ5K877YPXV604NWTW80\">MOOD SWINGS<\/a> \u2014 my anthology of 70 poems \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf43<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pujabhakoo.medium.com\/chasing-enough-f74a82d87de0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3896\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x-819x1024.jpg 819w, http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x-700x875.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.pujabhakoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1_1b8Zwx_Eb7kVXFGVSe-KqA@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurtling, stumbling<br>Falling, rumbling<br>Fighting against fate<br>Running against time<br>\u2026I go<br><br>Rushed by deadlines<br>Corporate landmines<br>Lamenting lost opportunity<br>And shifting sands of sanity<br>\u2026I go<br><br>Caught in the productivity trap<br>Negotiating the remuneration gap<br>Ticking to-do lists,<br>Work-life balance twists<br>\u2026I go<br><br>Drowned in gratification<br>Wedded to optimization<br>Trading creativity for productivity<br>Exchanging freedom for captivity<br>\u2026I go<br><br>Flattening the curve of being<br>Mired in the blindness of seeing<br>In pursuit of efficiency<br>Traversing the tough,<br>Reining the rough<br>Chasing the illusion&nbsp;<br>called ENOUGH<br>\u2026I go<br><br>Till I reach the edge<br>and skid to a stop<br>To find<br>There\u2019s no ENOUGH<br>even at the top<br>Nothing to show<br>Nowhere to go<br><br>ENOUGH lay buried all along<br>under those miles of spreadsheets<br>I surrendered my life to<br>pathetic counterfeits<br><br>At what point in time<br>did life become and feel<br>Less a human<br>More a hamster wheel?<br><br>\u2014 Puja Bhakoo<br><br>\ud83c\udf43<br><br>For more poems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B09FRWNWVN\/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_HQ5K877YPXV604NWTW80\">click here <\/a>to order your copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B09FRWNWVN\/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_HQ5K877YPXV604NWTW80\">MOOD SWINGS<\/a> \u2014 my anthology of 70 poems \u2764\ufe0f<br><br><br>\ud83c\udf43<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FOREVER 21\u2014A poem by Puja Bhakoo\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qdAL_zFryaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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