ALS NaPoWriMo Day 30 Prompt: “My creativity is my refuge.”

 

I’m following the words of Albert Einstein for my poem today: “Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.”

 

Poem: My Journey of Writing

 

Creativity is seeing what others see,

and thinking what no one else ever thought.

Giving wings to your imagination,

And a voice to your feelings and thoughts.

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My creativity was repressed until a decade ago,

The eloquence of expressing thoughts in words–

It was never my forte,

Words could never flow!

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My creativity is my greatest refuge now,

When my thoughts are entangled in the abyss of my mind,

Or when my emotions become unbridled and overflow,

It’s a sanctuary that I often choose to recede to.

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To calm my strained nerves, I immerse myself in words,

From commotion and tumult to a balanced state of mind,

How words waltz in the sea of my mind,

And writing becomes cathartic for me.

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When the burden of relationships becomes too much to bear,

When I’m not understood as intended,

When I cannot comprehend what’s fair,

My pen becomes the tool to gently guide my thoughts in despair.

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As words spill onto paper and the magic of lettering unfolds,

My heart feels at peace; my mind assumes a quietude,

Like a calmness that washes a turbulent ocean’s shore,

Writing, then, becomes meditative for me.

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When solitude threatens to engulf me in its cavern,

When the winds of change test my perseverance,

When nothing seems to provide a purpose,

Writing becomes my companion, my purpose of existence.

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When the expanse of the Universe impels a multitude of questions,

When answers become elusive, but qualms become persistent,

When all the knowledge I’ve amassed warrants some convergence,

Writing provides a roadmap that steers me to conclusions.

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©Vandana Bhasin

30.04.2025