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The Wilted Leaf 🍃

Hello readers 👋

Today's blog is about a poem that I wrote in the evening of 26th August 2023 on seeing a single wilted leaf on a fleshy green tree beside my window which looked like a butterfly to my poetic mind.


It's about civilians having to fight a war, risking their lives. And when the war seems ceaseless, along with their daily struggles, they start accepting the fact that they might not live any further and try and find joy in whatever little that's happening around them. Hoping to die satisfied. Although for us (the wannabe arbitrators), it might sound absurd. I have tried pulling myself out of the 'us' box and seeing it through their eyes and humoring them with the last bits and pieces of freedom that we can offer. I prefer not explaining the poem any further.


This poem plays a lot with metaphors in a very queer way, which makes it worthy of making its way out of my notes to my blog. A wilted leaf is never shown as a sign of hope; it's always the fresh green leaf that takes the praise, which is understandable and reasonable, but this poem has its own reasons to have the wilted leaf take its place. Also, it's a tribute to my favorite, Mohammed Darwish. (Almost a pioneer of the war poetry genre and a shield when you are publishing anything of that sort.)




( AI tools took 17 attempts in understanding what I'm trying to describe,

it's still not exactly what I saw )



                                                         The Wilted Leaf 🍃 


The wilted leaf that looks like a butterfly from far

Giving hope to those who are finding joy amidst the war. 


The people not involved are quite careless.

The people in it are hopeless. 


Careless people might find it a crime

Finding joy amidst the war 


Open skies , blood red soil, choose what you wish to see.

To those in the war, I say, live like you were never so free 


Fear not that the day is half spent, 

Half's still left for something it meant. 

                                                                          - Vaishnavi


Thank you for reading and I hope you know the drill.






Comments

  1. Om Dhake24 October 2024 at 10:09

    And, that is what is special about a poet, finding special in something that is not special or significant to the commoner's eye. Your poem explored both the aspects of war beautifully. Well, that AI thing and last wala You know the drill is like a sparkle to your blog, showing how you like to vibe and stay unfiltered with your readers.

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    1. vaishnavi somvanshi1 January 2025 at 07:10

      Hey!

      Honestly I was never in favour of using AI in art. I was Joanna Maciejewska kind, but then if it helps it helps ig.
      Thank you!!



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