Waking up on the bank of the River Gade

Wake up - what does it mean? Just simply, - we wake up naturally when we stop sleeping. But one can wake up from dreams, illusions, and certain beliefs, something we firmly have faith in and are sure of. Life brings us various awakenings, many of them are disappointments. Awakening opens our eyes to reality, its factual state. It exposes a lie. It sheds the veil of illusion and reveals a falsehood. It breaks hearts, raises doubts, reflections, and inquisitiveness. It reevaluates what has been indisputable so far. Awakening is often merciless. It pushes us into suffering, loneliness, hopelessness, and nothingness. Awakening is also freeing oneself after being shut off to the world - resulting in one's externalization of thoughts. This is what the poems in this volume are about, often full of life's realities. And these we often know from our own experiences. They reflect, as in a mirror, in many human lives, frequently expressing emotions similar to ours.