A poem about Youth and leaving behind a part of ourselves.
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I glance at the girl I left behind,
I marvel at the things she helped me find.
I mock her naivety.
I cherish her gaiety.
I bear the weight of her choices,
Her flaws and her vices.
The friends she thought would stay forever,
The things she said she would do never.
Her dreams, her hopes, the path she took,
Her poetry, her music, her favourite book.
All I left behind,
Including her heart kind.
She looked at the world with hope and love,
I shed a tear for her heart,
looking at the skies above.
How did I lose her? When did it start?
I am the product of her design,
I am hers and she is mine.
She was just a young girl,
wanting to love and be loved by all
Isn’t that what I want too, after all?
© Sneha P [Rights reserved]
What a beautiful poem, full of stories and so much emotion. So well done 🙂
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Thank you so much. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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This is so wonderfully written. Each line touched me so good. Keep writing! 😊
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Wow I’m so pleased to hear that. Thanks so much 🙂
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You’re welcome! 😊
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How do you DO this?
Seriously mad props to you because I can’t imagine writing something new every day and having it turn out good.
Do you have any tips on how to overcome writers block or have you not experienced it much? 🙂
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Hey, to be very honest, I wrote this while I was half asleep already, but I couldn’t resist writing on such a good word. I face writer’s block too but with stories primarily. Poems come to me in the moment. I didn’t stop for one second while writing this.. Just write what comes naturally 🙂
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beautifully told!!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thank you 🙂
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This is the most beautiful poem I have read!! Can relate to each line!! Lovely Sneha!!
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Thank you so much Priyam 🙂 I’m so glad you liked it
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Everyone wants the same thing
However the irony is how they
Cannot provide it at the same time.
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Maybe, maybe not. The poem was mainly about how we grow as a person.
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Yes I understood that..
Sometimes it is not in control to preserve the original
While the other times it’s just the inability
Sometimes it’s all the same, just the perspective changes.
May be you are still the same on the inside with lot more of wisdom and changes on the outside…
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Well put. We are the product of our choices, growing, improving, changing.
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It’s been my long said line – 2016 tag line
We are the product of our choices and decisions.
Cheers.
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It’s a good line then 🙂
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I really enjoyed reading the poem. Although, I am yet to connect with someone (love wise) but I think from here, I could pick an idea concerning the complexities of relationship where our hopes rises so high only to crash down than we realise.
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I’m glad you dropped a comment. Actually, I wrote this about leaving our past selves behind. The naivety of youth and all the other things that come along with it. Interestingly, the perspective you mentioned, about leaving a loved one behind was recently pointed out by a friend too.
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Wow.. Interesting. I guess that’s why poetry is pregnant with meanings. Lol.
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Oddly, the relationship perspective, never came to my mind while writing this.
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I see. I also admire your perspective. You know that sometimes poets always have to deal with their works being interpreted beyond what they have in mind. Do you often have that urge to want to insist that people accept the meanings you give to your poems and not add to it ?
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Well, not really, In fact I look at their interpretations with a sense of wonder and try to comprehend that aspect which I missed to see.
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(smiles) Yes, that’s true.
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Wow! This is a beautiful piece of writing that evokes emotions of youth and the fantasies in between. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed reading it
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You’re welcome! Cheers! 🙂
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I’m sure every girl can relate to this poem 🙂
I just loved it 💜 and the end is just perfect :’)
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Thanks so much Joann. I’m so glad that you enjoyed it 😀
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What a beautiful perspective. Love this
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Thanks so much 🙂
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I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get the last line. Could you explain?
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Well, I know hindi pretty well, and I thought it means some rubbish.
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Did strick the chord inside.
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