I see people scowling and screaming
Raging and waging war on others,
Angry at each other or something else
But most of all angry at themselves.
They need to win a fight, any fight.
With whom, for what, it doesn’t matter,
It’s not about wrong or right,
It’s about the fight,
A way to take the anger out,
The anger that’s burning them inside,
The anger at nothing and everything.
I have been there myself at times,
And after you win the fight,
For a moment it feels like you can breathe again
It’s a good moment, you feel light
But in a little while, the anger returns
Deeper and spreading like a fire.
And the thing about fire,
You can’t throw it out the window
And on to the streets and get rid of it,
That only increases its reach.
To extinguish a fire one must remove
One of the three things that create it,
Heat, fuel, and air. The way I see it,
Pain is the match that creates the heat,
Our insecurities are fuel it feeds on
And our ego is the air that fans it.
I see people burning themselves,
And those they love, those around them,
Burning their houses and their cities,
While fighting fire with fire
And looking at the skies for a rain
Never realizing that the fire that starts within
Can only be extinguished from within.
-N
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Poetry © Copyright 2017, Niharika Jaiswal
December 1, 2017 at 12:53 am
Quite powerful. Xx
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December 1, 2017 at 9:12 am
Thank you! 🙂
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December 1, 2017 at 1:26 am
the fighting does get old. I think I would rather sit on the beach with some good company every night for the next year and watch the sun set.
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December 1, 2017 at 9:13 am
Sounds like heaven to me.
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December 1, 2017 at 1:34 am
How does one get this good at poetry?!
Loved it!
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December 1, 2017 at 9:13 am
That’s so kind of you!! Thank uou. 🙂
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December 1, 2017 at 8:53 am
True words, I’m sad to say…
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December 1, 2017 at 9:14 am
Me too..!
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December 1, 2017 at 2:21 pm
“Raging and Waging war on others”
I love this. So true. Sharing it with an empath I know who feels the anger circulating the planet all the time.
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December 1, 2017 at 6:56 pm
Thank you! Thanks a lot. 🙂
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December 1, 2017 at 2:24 pm
This whole ending:
“Deeper and spreading like a fire.
And the thing about fire,
You can’t throw it out the window
And on to the streets and get rid of it,
That only increases its reach.
To extinguish a fire one must remove
One of the three things that create it,
Heat, fuel, and air. The way I see it,
Pain is the match that creates the heat,
Our insecurities are fuel it feeds on
And our ego is the air that fans it.
I see people burning themselves,
And those they love, those around them,
Burning their houses and their cities,
While fighting fire with fire
And looking at the skies for a rain
Never realizing that the fire that starts within
Can only be extinguished from within.”
Oh my god. POWERFUL.
This is going on social media.
Thank you for sharing it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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December 1, 2017 at 6:59 pm
This truely makes my day!!! Also in makes my yesterday a fruitful day…Only today I was feeling stagnent and your feedback makes me feel Like i am doing something good, it makes me feel useful. Thank you.
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December 1, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Hii Niharika!
You write beautifully!
I want to inform you that I have nominated you for the liebster award.
Congratulations!! 💕
Do tell me when you are going to answer the questions.. By accepting the award 🙂
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December 1, 2017 at 7:04 pm
Thank you so much, really sweet of you to think of me for it.
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December 1, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Its truly amazing. Loved your posts. I nominated you for “The Liebster Award”. Check out my post, https://arayofsunshine1993.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/i-was-nominated-for-the-liebster-award/ to discover your name
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December 1, 2017 at 7:05 pm
Thank you! This is overwhelming. 🙂
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December 3, 2017 at 12:29 am
Very true and full of wisdom, you describe this to the depth very well!
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December 3, 2017 at 3:34 pm
Thank you so much! I wasn’t very happy with it but I am glad I posted it.
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December 4, 2017 at 10:13 pm
Absolutely! I went back and read again, to see why you weren’t happy …I am glad you posted!
My favorite line – For a moment it feels like you can breathe again
And loved the concluding lines too.
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December 5, 2017 at 6:20 am
Thank you so much…these days I delete more posts than I post, I think this phase comes and goes. Your support means a lot. 🙂
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December 5, 2017 at 6:15 pm
Hmm …If I may say this …you have a lot more than you see for yourself. When I am not happy with my posts, I keep them for long time, revisit & refine them as it comes to me, finally when I feel content I post. Sometimes this takes months before I actually post. Just sharing my process, in case it helps you 🙂
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December 5, 2017 at 6:42 pm
It do that too sometimes….Which remids I should revisit a few of my old post.
I guess I have to stop deleting the posts…I might be able to make something decent out of it someday if I just gave my self the time to process my thoughts.
Thank you. 🙂
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December 5, 2017 at 6:43 pm
You are most welcome 🙂
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December 3, 2017 at 11:57 am
Great writing! And I absolutely love the artwork! You’re awesome!
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December 3, 2017 at 3:34 pm
So are you!! Thank you, Jan.
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December 10, 2017 at 11:39 am
🙂 Thanks XOX
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December 6, 2017 at 7:38 am
Very thoughtful, wonderful poem 👍🏻
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December 6, 2017 at 11:27 am
Thank you so much!
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December 11, 2017 at 12:51 pm
As usual a superior quality writing from the favourite blogger. Just that I am not qualified to comment on this beautiful piece of wonderful post, but just sit back and read it over and over again. And enjoy
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December 11, 2017 at 4:35 pm
Thank you so much! You are too modest and too kind.
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December 13, 2017 at 11:30 am
It’s just not that alone. I have seen tremendous wisdom beyond age, and that makes you my most favourite blogger
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December 13, 2017 at 3:14 pm
I am truly honored to hear that! :):)
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December 27, 2017 at 4:04 pm
A war within you! Your writing it’s amazing, but at the same time I felt bad because everything you said is true.
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January 2, 2018 at 7:56 am
I know what you mean. Thank you so much for your kind words.
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January 21, 2018 at 9:02 pm
Thank you for sharing 🙂
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