Wish I was free
Free as bird, free to fly
Free as wind, roaring through sky
I wish I was cloud
Pour and downpour my heart aloud
Drop, sprinkle and thrust my tears with proud
Wish I was the blue of blue sky
Red in the morning and grey at night
Looking through clouds, dark and light
Wish I was the sea
Roaring at high tides, thriving at shores
Sobbing at low tides, seeping through pores
Wish I was the sunset,
Looked at with eager eyes,
Wondered at with sighs
Orange with hue, red with rue
Wish I was the sunrise,
Crimson and glowing,
Promising and knowing
Wish I was the red of bride’s blush
Eager to unite, scared to touch
Willing to fly, shy to nudge
Wish I was free of forms
Free from shapes
Free from expressions
Free to flow and free to swirl
Free to row and free to twirl
I wish I could skip on rainbows and jump of mountains
Blast like a volcano and burst like a fountain
Wish I was free
Inspired by the music of Veda Hille feature on Music
with Marian on Real Toads.
Image credit sodahead
I wish I too was free to soar through the society's restrictions, fly away from all the expectations, and swoop through the disappointments forced on me!....Lovely poem Sfurti!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pankti....yaaa free from anything...to be anything
DeletePicture of Freedom so engaging. The poetess celebrates Freedom in varied ways.... Her wish is poetically visualised . What an excellent use of images..crimson and promising sunrise..and your blue wishes...
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sir!!! Words of encouragement for an amateur writer!!!
Deleteyou have a great poetic skill... you need not pass the amateur days at all ... you are nearly perfect in your poetic perception and patterns..mesmerised by your verse making power...
DeleteWow Sir..thank you so much I am overwhelmed!!!
DeleteSuperbly written... I am flattered on ur words
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Barkha :)
Deleteah, freedom, something to work for, not just wish for, as we all know. i've lately been thinking about rain (as it seems to never stop raining here) and the relative freedom of walking in it, and how it masks tears and other things. this is a lovely mediation, thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marian for a very thoughtful comment :)
Deletebeautiful
ReplyDeleteThanks Ali :)
DeleteIt's a wonderful poem, thanks for sharing. I love the idea of skipping on rainbows!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Sharon. I am glad you enjoyed it :)
Delete"Promising and knowing"... we all seek such freedom !
ReplyDeleteYaa Margaret. Thanks :)
DeleteGreat Poem Sfurti... I really liked the way you described so many forms that you wished to be.. and then the final wish.. to be free of all forms..
ReplyDeleteWow Shri..you got it :). Thats what I was trying to do...wish for forms and then wish for formless!!
DeleteFreedom is freedom but I believe it can be ours. The question is how much are we willing to fight for it, what are we willing to give up? May the speaker find her freedom.
ReplyDeleteYes LaTonya....What's important is what is more important!!
DeleteBeautifully penned Sfurti! I like the line on sunrise...promising and knowing....Superb!
ReplyDeleteTHanks so much :)
DeleteThat's indeed the wish of everyone. I too wish not to soar over the sky but to make all your wishes fulfilled.
ReplyDeleteNice compilation.
Thanks so much Easwar...that is so so sweet of you :)
DeleteYour poem was lovely and delightful. I makes me want to fly with the birds over the clouds.
ReplyDeleteAwww Thanks so much Rasma :)
DeleteI wish I was free....doesn't each of us want to be that way at least once?
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