Saturday 22 September 2007

mood swings-----Sunday Scribblings

Sunday Scribblings prompt for this week is "Hi, my name is.." to be interpreted in any way we want to.

a woman
trying to fit in-
to carve a niche
in blockades of time.
emotions make me
those mar me too.
you say I am moody
I know I am moody-
unpredictable too;
which is nothing new.
you try to plunge
into my mind;
I too try to plunge
into it unsuccessfully.
you say you cannot
understand me.

“do I understand myself?”

36 comments:

  1. hi, gautami! :)

    “do I understand myself?”

    i wonder if anyone does...

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  2. just some
    of the things
    that make women so

    fascinating!

    /t.

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  3. I love the image of carving a niche in blockades of time.

    Very nice take on the prompt.

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  4. Ah, these are familiar questions we all ask ourselves from time to time. And perhaps the answers vary, depending upon time and circumstance.

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  5. I could very well relate to this Gautami, who I am and what I am, changes by the hour, along with my moods. :-) Lovely poetry!

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  6. You've done a marvelous job of capturing that questioning spirit we all have a times.

    Really well done :) I felt all this in my heart.

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  7. I've plunged into my own mind and have been shocked by what I found!
    I'm also trying to carve out my own little niche in this plane of existence.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Namaste,
    Frances

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  8. I understand myself...I also fear myself.

    Great poem, as ever.

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  9. May we never stop wondering and questioning... :)

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  10. the eternal question
    well done
    thank you

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  11. Loved it. Great images, Gautami.

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  12. “do I understand myself?”


    that's an interesting question, gautami, I don't think we totally understand our own selfs.

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  13. we can only try to understand ourselves, we can never fully do so though...

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  14. Hey there,
    There's a new writing project up at The Shameless Lions Writing Circle site. Please check it out and I hope you can take part and promote it. Also, check out the "latest news" section.
    Cheers, Seamus.

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  15. What a lovely piece. Thank you for stopping by my blog.

    I'd love to visit India, but it's more than a week trip. Hopefully soon, it's on my wish list.

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  16. 'emotions make me
    those mar me too.'

    oh definitely!

    Hi again gautami, Michele sent me back :-)

    cq

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  17. Awesome gautami! I could totally relate!

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  18. That's it, exactly - "emotions make me". So true for me as well.
    Your blog is so beautiful :)

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  19. oh How I wish I could understand myself Gautami!

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  20. Look like your hand has been busy. Your mind too.

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  21. i too can relate to this piece being only too familiar with the unpredictability of my mood swings. nice job on the prompt!

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  22. Brilliant! Woman in a nutshell.

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  23. but, don't u?
    and why woman, doesnt a man plunges into his mind too :)
    and yes,
    nice flow from the prompt...

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  24. Sometimes I wish I understood myself but maybe that never happens

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  25. finding self...

    I think it is something we all do or at least should do. There are some who are able to live ignorant of self, they are the walking corpses of the world. Those of us who are alive, who feel. We perpetually search.

    My name is Walking Contradiction.

    Nice little piece! :-)

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  26. As a woman I know not myself either.
    We are as mysterious to ourselves sometimes as we are to others!
    xo
    Blue

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  27. Don't try to find yourself
    It is some likely you'll lose your mind.Just ride the waves.

    Very well written.

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  28. Oh my gosh...did you write this about me? lol Just beautifully written and I can completely relate.

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  29. Oh, my. And there we are...not a paper doll but a real living person. Nice post!

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  30. You are an impressive poet. I actually read this out loud and I loved how the words just rolled off my tongue...

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  31. love it. It's true that others try to understand or think they do but how can they when we are still getting to know ourselves. very well written. I like your poetry, you have a real gift for it.

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  32. well said.

    emotions make me,
    and mar me too.

    I've learned that we can't label emotions as good or bad - they all have their place.

    Moody? Maybe. Highly sensitive? Probably.

    What's the advantage?! There is always one there...

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  33. Stunning poetry - it really touched me:-) When will we see more?

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