"I see no flaw in being different;
A color has different shades, but all the shades find their own place and essence in a
painting."
Being provided with the same resources and same time limit,
I want to add on more to what pre-exists.
I want to live like an exception;
Being someone, who others only think of becoming.
I want to transform the 'if' and 'but', to 'will' and 'would.'
I want to revive the art of 'living' and diminish the art of 'surviving'.
They might call me out for being the way that I am, for they fail to enjoy the liberation I feel
as I ink my thoughts which flow freely.
I want to look beyond what’s given, because sometimes what lies latent has more depth to it.
I want to experience the metamorphosis cycle I am meant to undergo, for I crave to
understand what substance I am made up of.
There are times where I waver in my heart and I get shrouded with doubt.
But there are also times where I enjoy the uncertainty it brings and realise the power faith
holds.
There is a beauty to this imperfection, one which only makes me more of a human.
If being different is a flaw then I would love to admire it as it sinks in,
Because everything that feels real is flawed to beauty… flawed to perfection.
Submitted by:
Sneha Srivastava
Student at Amity University, Lucknow
good one