by gauriwalecha
It is a fresh sunny day. You are strolling on this narrow street beside a park, listening to children giggling, riding high on their summer spirits.
The grass is tender. It is like a newborn baby that just made its way out of its mother’s womb; too scared to face the world, but too pure to feel the fear.
It is the peak of June. You are at the noon of your life, and if you were to paint this scene on a vacant white canvas, you would call your painting nothing but ‘Nostalgia’.
I am a poet, and I have been writing for as long as I can remember. Through my rendezvous with the tunes of Mozart and the legends of Shakespeare, I have found art, but not so much so as I have found ‘homes’.
Homes of all kinds and virtues. Some were simple; naked bricks on the outside and stained whites in their hearts. Others, though, were grand; they poured charm with their stature only to lure people into the shenanigans of their discomfort.
Regardless of what I say, these were ‘homes’. More so, these were the voids that were ‘once homes’. They were the clichés which we often find scattered like loose glitter; metaphors that decorate our poems.
Their residents left them to mother sentiments in the due course of history; what happened was just that!
Humans, of all things, have always been fascinated by clichés.
Why?
Because clichés make us feel safe. They take us back to a world that was once our concrete paradise a few heartaches ago.
People often denounce poetry to sing lore for the clichés; they call out poets to be lazy and frugal.
But there’s a lot that the world fails to understand about poetry.
There is no poem half as beautiful as the one woven by our memories. There is no metaphor half as endearing as nostalgia.
Clichés don’t need a poet’s pen to flow through a poem; they are exquisite poems all by themselves.
You write with such beautiful depth & simplicity…thank you for sharing this ..many ❤️felt thanks..god bless GG
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Thank you so much for reading and appreciation. I am so glad you like my work. ❤❤
It is an absolute pleasure to be able to share my work with all the lovely people here. ❤❤
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Your words are beautiful, at the same time with conviction.
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cliches or not, its only a life.
Really love your words. Cheers
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I agree. Life is full of cliches.
Thank you so much. I am so glad you like my work. ❤❤
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Beautiful writing! Thank you for liking my blog. Best to you!
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Thank you so much. I am so glad you like my work.❤❤
Sending all the love and light your way. ❤
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Because clichés makes us feel happy. Beautifully written with beautiful words.
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I agree, cliches have a sense of warmth related to them.
I am so glad you like my work. Thank you so much. ❤
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It’s my pleasure 💕
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I am speechless. This is so beautiful, so well crafted that it touched my heart!💕
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I really liked this one 🙂
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So glad you like my work ❤❤
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Nice. I like especially the line about the poems woven by our memories. Thank you.
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Thank you so much. I am so glad you like my work. ❤
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Well said 👍
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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Reblogged this on worldtraveller70.
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Thank you so much for the reblog ❤❤
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Beautiful…
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Thank you so much ❤
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This is beautiful and so true–a song of the heart.
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Reblogged this on Creative Kiwis: "Write, Create, Innovate".
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