Sunday, October 30, 2011

Common

 Occasionally a movie or a novel,
Strikes in the midway like a blow
It has my life written all over it!
The truth that was scared in the start
takes a brave front and laughs at me

The veracity that this life is an encore,
That this situation was faced already sinks in
Un-elated and gloomy I feel
My soul is just a hollow shell of a discarded life
that someone subsisted in a better way

My sacred pride of being unique and different
Stares and flings itself onto me,
Like undigested words thrown as echo by the muffled wall
It spits in unison that “I am common”
finally I comprehend the real implication of the word!

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34 comments:

  1. Deepak KarthikOctober 30, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    Awesome !!!

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  2. BasilOctober 30, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    amazin'

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  3. Cloud NineOctober 30, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    Ah...no one is 'common'. All of us are different, but the interest to excel in whatever we do must always push us forward. There is no use in a life just plain and ordinary:)Interesting introspection!

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  4. Quirky WritesOctober 30, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    awesome,,,, :-)

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  5. pygmalionOctober 30, 2011 at 11:59 PM

    You are unique my dear, just like the rest of the world!
    Only common fact is that each is unique.
    And common occurrences of events in our lives, do not make you nor me any less unique.
    Our responses, attitudes, feels, and how we embrace the situations, how we cherish it later, how we capitalise on it.. all makes us unique..

    See how well you uniquely and most uncommonly penned on such a common setting:)

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  6. aakashOctober 31, 2011 at 1:14 AM

    We all need a reason, don't we?
    We all are afraid, aren't we?

    aJ

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  7. SameeraOctober 31, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    It is classic KP. Reminded me of a Rumi's poem:

    As you start to walk out on the way
    the way appears.

    As you cease to be,
    true life begins.

    As you grow smaller,
    this world cannot contain you.

    You will be shown a being
    that has no you in it.

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  8. KParthasarathiOctober 31, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    It is highly imaginative and written very well.
    As Cloudnine puts it, no life is common.No life identical with another.They are all different with subtle nuances in their aspirations and traits.A comparison is good if it spurs one to excel

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  9. Sahana RaoOctober 31, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    Like undigested words thrown as echo by the muffled wall
    It spits in unison that “I am common”

    Wow! Loved those lines.

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  10. :-DeeOctober 31, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Nice thought and well written!!! Loved it. As common as we are.. we are yet unique!

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  11. JyothiOctober 31, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Real Implications of the word? I think its good to be common. It makes it easy to fit in this world. The unique ones always remain an outcast.
    But yes, no two individuals are exactly alike.

    Awesome Thoughts. I have felt the same way many times.

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  12. Sh@sOctober 31, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    There is something uncommon even in the commonness. Enjoy that bit of uniqueness which makes you, you. Beautifully written.

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  13. Nasnin NasserOctober 31, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    "My sacred pride of being unique and different
    Stares and flings itself onto me,
    Like undigested words thrown as echo by the muffled wall
    It spits in unison that “I am common”
    finally I comprehend the real implication of the word!".....
    I don't know how many times I read it...how could you so express it so damn exquisitely dear? so damn piercingly? I am injured! Injured! (sweet injury that can purges the soul):-)
    The aptness of the title speaks out the uniqueness...so this is how you prove your uniqueness...by whiff of brilliant note on your commonness...so ironic:-) Love:-)

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  14. RahulOctober 31, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    freeeeaaaking amazing....:-)

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  15. Saru SinghalOctober 31, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    KP, I like the last three lines. The climax of the poem is so beautifully correlated to the title...

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  16. RahulOctober 31, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Very good.. :) :)

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  17. சேகர்November 1, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    nice... the line I am common is very kindful..

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  18. AlcinaNovember 1, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    There is some or the other modification always present..may be very little but there is..and how much so ever common it may seem it is a bit different :)
    and yeah totally connectable feel from the very beginning..
    reality unleashed with your penning greatly!!

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  19. Rahul BhatiaNovember 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    A nice read!

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  20. Beyond HorizonNovember 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    we are different in our own way. even in crowd yes we are, but the saying walking along with crowd, kind of obscure the uniqueness.and I am common always strikes.

    aptly summarized.

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  21. KunalNovember 4, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    "My soul is just a hollow shell of a discarded life
    that someone subsisted in a better way"

    :)

    Though, I admit..it took multiple reads for me, again..to get a hang of it! :P

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  22. MeeraNovember 5, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    I think every individual is unique. The experiences may be similar .. the way we deal with them are all different!

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  23. KPNovember 6, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Hi Deepak - thank you!!

    Hi Bazil - thnaks

    Hey Cloud nine - Indeed it is.. what we are is so dependent on wat we want..

    Hey Sneha - thanks sweety

    Hi Pygma - yes it is.. to look on the brighter side..! and we are all piece of art.! made from similar but different moulds:)

    Hi aakash - May be!

    Hi Sameera - Thanks dear.. and what a lovely poetry that u have shared with me.. setting my eye on it for the first time.. i have fallen in love with it.. "You will be shown a being that has no you in it..!" wonderful!

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  24. KPNovember 6, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Hi Partha - thank you.. comparison is good only if it lets some one excel.. it is so true..!

    Hi sahana - Glad to see you back after a long time.. :) thank dear

    Hey dee - Arent we? thanks dear..

    Hi Jyothi - glad that we could connect..!

    Hi Sh@s - thank you!

    Hey Nasnin - Ah.. what a relief to see you! :) my pride is injured too dear.. but it feels sweet now.. after reading what u have to say! love ya!

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  25. KPNovember 6, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    Hi Rahul - ha ha.. thank you!

    Hey Saru - thanks dear.. you always find some nice lines that matches ur taste :) makes me happy too..

    Hi Rahul Bhandare - thank you!

    Hey Shekar - you are very kindful too! :)

    Hi Alcina - Thanks dear.. and ya the little details counts when it happens to unique characters.. like all of us..! :)

    Hi Rahul Bhatia - thank you!

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  26. KPNovember 6, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    Hey Beyond Horizon - You are a good teacher.. and i accept totally with you!

    Hi Kunal - You have picked the words that I loved when I wrote them.. and happy that you read it many times.. "My soul does feel at times as a second handler.. that too a worse one!"

    Hi Meera - Yes.. indeed and that makes God almighty the supreme math wiz with good number of probabilities.. thanks for your kind words..

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  27. --November 6, 2011 at 4:41 AM

    So many brilliant lines here that are worth numerous reads, which I have done! I will echo Nasnin's thoughts on the 'irony' of this poem!

    It can be shattering to us when we think we have something unique that no one else possesses, only to find out that someone else has it too. Oops, there's goes the copyright idea :D

    The last para is my favorite and also the two lines that precede it :)

    Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and leaving such a wonderful comment :) This lovely place has a familiarity about it and I do believe I have commented here recently but must have forgotten to follow. Thanks for being my new reader :)

    Best wishes to you, Fiona :)

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  28. MJNovember 6, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    So well written and so many excellent comments. I've enjoyed the whole dialog. Thank you!

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  29. KalyanNovember 6, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    lovely poignant words...nicely crafted lines!

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  30. AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Ohh Dear Right One Is CommonVery Nice...

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  31. Subhrashis AdhikariNovember 12, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    that uncommon feeling of being common...isn't that wonderful???
    lovely lines

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  32. KPNovember 12, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    Hello Princes Fiona..! wow.. aren't u talented to pin every thing I had rambled here into 2 simple lines..! profound indeed..! thanks for the wonderful comment..

    Hey MJ - thanks a lot.. it feels nice to know that U read it fully.. :)

    Hi Kalyan - thank you..

    Hi Pratima - Thanks..

    Hi SUB - yes.. it actually is wonderful than guilty or sad.. thank you!

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  33. AnandNovember 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Lovely read KP.. We are all common yet we are unique in our own way in our own world :)

    Cheers,
    Anand.

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  34. KPNovember 13, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Hi Anand.. thanks a lot! :) its true.. the creator has a lot of small things to do permutations and combination to make us unique right? with those simple differences.. :)

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