aarwen Poetry

If only I were you

Posted on May 17, 2015

If only I could be as complacent or in denial, whichever way you choose to look at it, as Calvin. I am not and it’s just one of those days when I would rather be more.

You know that person you long to be?
I have discovered you
You are part of me, my catalyst
An unexplored crevice inside
A pertinent voice that refuses to hide
Hard to catch within
Impossible to hold outside
You shimmer away
You fade apart
I long to be you, I write in jealousy
You are my dream, wish you were my reality
Incomparable in all you are
you fly with arms held wide
I try but fail to reach your side
Sit beside me and edify
I shall listen and learn
Inconsequential sliver of a being am I
While you are an inspiration to every eye
What would I not give to become you for a day
Free spirited unique in all that you do and say
Sanguine calm, eternal wisdom
Passion, burning embers of vision
I search in me
Inept disconsolate
Murmured whispers in my head
I dread
For all the noise I make
You speak none at all
Then how do you spur me into this free fall?

AARWEN’S INDEX

 

Calvin and Hobbes is the genius of Bill Waterson. 



A software engineer by profession, a writer and reader at heart. I have grown up on and not grown out of classics. Now, living in the beautiful city of Seattle my secret desire is to chance upon a glittering brooding vampire one day. On a cloudy evening you will find me curled up with a murder mystery or watching the newest shows on tv. This led me to Indi di and what followed is right here for you to see. Thank you for coming to writersbrew, we hope you’ll thoroughly enjoy what you find here.

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5 Comments

  • Reply
    indrani robbins
    May 17, 2015 at 9:24 am

    lovely sound of words and a feeling i do identify with. there are those days… the freefall… niiice. hope it was useful and you came back with your tiger talking wildly.

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    Ladki Kijhy
    May 18, 2015 at 9:41 am

    Loved it!

    • Reply
      rhea sinha
      May 20, 2015 at 9:49 am

      thank you so much kizh.. am so new at this that any appreciation of my poetry is absolutely thrilling for me.

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    DurgaS
    May 25, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    Lovely flow of words Rhea. Loved that thought of wanting to be someone with a free, uninhibited expression. We do get that feeling sometimes that ‘wish we could just be someone else’. Enjoyed the cartoons. Calvin and Hobbes always a hit. So, who is the Hobbes in your life? 🙂

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      rhea sinha
      May 25, 2015 at 2:19 pm

      thank you durga di.. I was just mentioning to Indi di that she, you, issk , indu di are the reasons I got tempted into poetry writing in the first place. So thank you!
      My own hobbes is fed up of how much I talk. If only the world knew how talkative I can be!

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