Tuesday, March 1, 2011

If I Wish To Change, I Can Change



Looking at the leaves while the world is busy looking at the petals.

searching for hiding worm when they are bewitched by its fragrance

i always carried a different perspective, unusually varied than the ones which they carried.

i found it different, simply different
while they thought i was retarded

i could find bliss where they thought was boredom.
i felt the sorrow & pain where they thought were none.

sometimes you need to have an unusual perspective to look beyond the obvious.

you see a picture of a woman, i see her plight.
you see a child getting dirty in the rain, i could feel his throbbing heart.
when the world calls itself a mean place, i can see love all around.
when they say its all fine, i can see they are wrong.

never bothered, never will, about the world not being able to accept the other side of the coin, while they are busy bouncing on one.

they think their side is the end of the world- nothing was previous, nothing beyond.
patient, as i have always been

i am waiting for the circumstances to toss the coin & let my side win for once.

if i win. i don't promise to change anything.

all i wish to do is to revive a very strong human desire-

"IF I WISH TO CHANGE, I CAN CHANGE"

14 comments:

  1. WOW!... "IF I WISH TO CHANGE, I CAN CHANGE"...so true, yet we pretend not to believe it....great thought!!!

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  2. "all i wish to do is to revive a very strong human desire"

    I'm breathless... Superb!

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  3. thank You Subhrashis
    @ Dibakar : pls dnt go breathless
    waiting to read more lovely post from u buddy

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  4. loved the first line itself.wonderful!

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  5. 'CHANGE' keeps everything going...well written:)

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  6. Beautiful, Nandita... awesome post :)
    "sometimes you need to have an unusual perspective to look beyond the obvious." -- So true...
    ~Krazy Memoirs

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  7. A beautiful verse Nandita... I specially liked your lines...

    'you see a picture of a woman, i see her plight.
    you see a child getting dirty in the rain, i could feel his throbbing heart. '

    I could relate to that...

    I think you should check out a great community of poets at One Stop Poetry and submit your posts there too (Every week on Wednesday they open for 'One Shot Wednesday' submission... you will find many people there who will read and give creative and valuable comments on your poetry... http://onestoppoetry.com/

    Shashi
    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/03/whispers-winter-dew.html
    Twitter: @VerseEveryDay

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  8. @Pratibha, Geeta, Raksha, rRageev, Arpana & Harish : thanx for reading and appreciating my post.your words of encouragement really keep me going

    @Shashi:what a wonderful idea sirji
    thanx a ton

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  9. Another version of "if there's a will there's a way"

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  10. wow! penned with such alluring thoughts that its hard not be touched deeply by each and every line. very beautiful :)

    sarah

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