Just being you
is what you need
it takes a lot
on your part to be freed
from all perceptions and emotions
from all viewpoints and notions
you will have to strive hard
to love to disagree
but then its your choice
to be enslaved or free
they will test you by all means
showing their fake attitude and spurious miens
but you will have to take a stand
though you will not have a helping hand
be firm be stern
these lessons you will have to learn
but then you will be at peace with yourself
when you have no conflicts with your own self
you will feel love and care all around
no one will have grudge for, no one will hound
life will look like a wonderful bliss
where you belong to one and all
where you will have ecstasy of a heavenly kiss
and not a teardrop to fall
Comments
Thank you for such an overwhelming response.
@ Anjana:
Your poem is really nice ...Being what we are is what make us find our way and be creative and successful,we live our life trying to satisfy others and forget alot about what we are and what we want ...but when we realize our potential ,we can find our way in the world .
Thank you for sharing !
@Gabriel:
The poem is wonderful ,it's a moral lesson and every line describes what we should be and not what others want us to be .
I always admire your recitation with the wonderful music which suits the meaning of the poem .
Your creativity gives special meaning and fantastic environment to the words ...
Thank you dear !
@ Sakshi
Lol...! The poem that I've posted here is entirely a different one - written by Ellen Bailey! I didn't touch Anjana's poem at all for the fear that I may mar the beauty that she had painstakingly injected into the first part earlier! It seems she has completed the poem without the help of others. She's simply superb!
Sakshi, be careful with what you are saying! Anjana won't be reluctant to sue both of us for infringing copyright! ...........!!! Did I scare the living daylight out of you, Sakshi? Poor girl..! Sorry, I was just kidding, my Dear. You are the apple of Galina and my eyes...! We both admire the enthusiasm you are showing in learning the phonemes. Keep going, girl!
~* GS *~
P.S. Miss Anjana, please forgive me for turning your blog into my playground! It was quite unintentional, believe me! :-(
Hi everyone
finally I have concluded my poem . I hope you all are going to like it. comments and suggestions are welcome.
Hi, Anjana!
I plucked up, after some hesitation, the courage to post my recitation of the poem “Be Yourself” that I posted here earlier. It’s not because I was nervous wreck but I didn’t want you to think that I’m a pain in the neck. You see, at one side you want someone to complete your poem but on the other hand I wanted to please my personal fulfilment. Hope my behaviour doesn’t put the wind up you! You can always press the stop button if you ears don’t prick up. Thank you!
~* GS *~
Hi, Anjana!
Nice poem, though it’s unfinished! It not only gives us short shrift but also puts us wise to being ourselves. If only I could bring it to a completion...! For a man like me, alas, who is not endowed with such flair could only be gratified by reading poems penned by gifted writers like you!
Anjana, your poem reminded me of another one written by Ellen Bailey. Do you mind if I 'etch' it on this wall?
Be Yourself
Why would you want to be someone else
When you could be better by being yourself
Why pretend to be someone you are not
When you have something they haven't got
Cheating yourself of the life you have to live
Deprives others of that only which you can give
You have much more to offer by being just you
Than walking around in someone else's shoes
Trying to live the life of another is a mistake
It is a masquerade; nothing more than a fake
Be yourself and let your qualities show through
Others will love you more for being just you
Remember that God loves you just as you are
To Him you are already a bright shining star
Family and friends will love you more too
If you spent time practicing just being you
Thank you for sharing your poem with us, Anjana!
~* GS *~
Hey I want to continue my this genuine poem but I am not able to continue it ..............I need your help please continue the poem to completion
Thanx