At times,
I have really wished,
That you be
The one letter
That would make me a word.
The one letter
That would be
Like the last brush stroke,
On an otherwise unfinished portrait.
Only to realize, at other times
That I would lose my meaning
If any of the letters
That hold on to me today
Fall off.
And that,
Even if you complete me today
Over the course of time,
I would always acquire
Newer letters.
Letters, that would turn me
And you
Into yet another word.
9 comments:
Gives a new meaning to giving meaning to someone's life. :)
And after,
Only after you've become the new word
You look back and realise,
you could give the entire world
willing even to let the letters drop off from the word you were,
to be the word you wanted to be..
But you are the word you've become,
And so you remain,
Till you're ready delete as much as
You are willing to add.
Well written...its only word by word that you complete the book called life. Each word has its own significance and place, some more than others. Remove the superfluous ones and what remains is the gist of life.
Your blogs stimulate that emotion lying deep inside, seriously !
You'll hate me for saying this, but i like some of your lines so much that i keep using them in some of the letters i write... I'm sorry for not giving you any credit. I'll do that henceforth.
I had joined Blogspot long ago, with the thought that i'll write regularly. Somehow i stumbled upon your blog and started following. Thereafter i decided it's better to take a back seat and have the pleasure of reading your posts.
Everytime i write something, I delete it out of sheer embarassment when i compare it with your and others' writings. So, i blame you for all those incomplete writings of mine which met their fate, just because you write so well... :)
An email from Vibhav:
I really liked your latest poem on your blog. That human beings are always changing, and yet they desire completeness in some sense is a theme that interests me, and to tell it using a linguistic metaphor makes it even better. Just a little thing - I think at every place that you use the word alphabet, 'letter' would be more apt since alphabet really refers to all the letters from A to Z collectively, which also means that alphabet and alphabets is really the same thing, it's already a plural. Of course, it makes no difference to the fact that it is a good poem with a deep thought, simply expressed.
@Phx: :-)
@WG:
And yet again
My realities would conflict with my dreams
Unless I realize
That what I am
Makes me want to be
What I could-have-been.
If I were
What I could-have-been
I would no longer be me.
@Adi: So true!
@Keyur:
Though I find your comment very flattering, I would never like to be blamed for stopping someone from expressing their thoughts...please do write, and finish up those incomplete writings...
Use the talents you possess,
For the woods would be very silent
If no birds sang
Except those that sang best.
-Henry Van Dyke
@Vibhav:
Thanks for correcting! One of those common language errors, that I had once known...but had forgotten along the way...made the necessary changes :-)
"Complete" is a funny word. Very sufi-yana.
Hey, I have this Henry Van Dyke saying stuck to the board above my desk! Really like it.
@Adi: :)
I have an old Nike advert at my desk... the "Just Do It" poem... I think I had sent it to you ..
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