I am who I am
in spite, despite,
the contours you have pencilled
the colors you have filled
limited by the box of crayons at your disposal
a mind yet to master flying
and hands inexperienced to obey commands.
I exceed your word limits
spreading myself all over the dictionary
hiding in synonyms and antonyms
between prefixes and suffixes
among verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns.
I am the elusive image you could never capture
with the latest in cameras
auto mode, or manual
changing apertures, or shutter-speed
unclear in the brightest flash
invisible in the bright light of day
I am, I was, I will be
not yours to interpret
in colors
in words
or images
with your finite imagination.
I am infinite, and until you merge
I remain a riddle unsolved,
a mystery.
©Shail Mohan 2014
This post was inspired by something McGuffy Ann said in this post: “I am not your interpretation of me.”
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I am , I was and I Will be 🙂 Yep loved the lines
Thank you, Afshan 🙂
You write poems as well ! Lovely !
Yes, I do. I have a poetry blog and a book of verse to my credit 🙂
Well done. It looks like you were inspired. Glad you checked out my “I Am Not…” post, and Rory Bore’s blog, too. It is wonderful when we can connect and inspire.
Thank you. Indeed it is wonderful when we can connect/inspire. I have now updated the post with the relevant link which I couldn’t do yesterday..
Excellent!
Wow! very effective. Loved ‘not yours to interpret’.
And that is thanks to the inspiration. (Link updated)
Went through the link. How very true.
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So true..I am what I am indeed!
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You play with words very well, always, Shail! And i know, the birds inspire you always!
That they do. I like to look at the bird pictures and imagine conversations happening. 🙂
This is amazing… Beautiful and inspiring words 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I am what I am. Thats my attitude too.
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Very well written
Thank you, GC 🙂
Lovely lines. “I am” – I feel this is the most difficult thing to define.
But one that we must strive to know. 🙂
Thank you, Pooja 🙂
Beautiful words!
Thank you, Richa 🙂
You are a gifted writer.
Thank you Dyanne and welcome to Shail’s Nest 🙂
I like how spontaneous you can be.
And I like how you pop up unexpectedly! 🙂 Thanks, Ruben.
I’ve been known to do that (and disappear unexpectedly too). 🙂
Of course! 🙂
Simple and yet so reflective….Nice take on the letter I.
Here is mine..
Happy Blogging A to Z.
Thank you 🙂 Hope you are enjoying the challenge 🙂
I LOVE this poem! I feel like you’re talking to me! I have so often found myself in situations where people expect that I am a certain type of person — I suppose based on how I look, I have no idea — and I am never anything like their expectations. Wonderful! 🙂
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