Giving way to the stone hindering your path,
you changed your route, despite all power.
Oh Water! I feel just like you:
forced to mould with many a scar.
Blue on land and white in the clouds.
You even take colours of the things you touch.
I find it hard to embrace change, Water!
My past stays forever my crutch.
The seas of my heart are constantly pushed
and my territories snatched, without my say.
I see you reclaimed often, as an ocean.
How do you still stay quiet that way?
And then the water replied back:
You speak of me yet seek for you.
I crack through stones when pushed too long
and I paint this whole planet blue.
There is no weakness in giving the way;
weak are they who fight no more.
There is no harm in embracing the change;
harmed are those who change no more.
I am life and life is me,
it keeps me both drunk and sober.
When pushed too far, I give things a way,
right until I decide to just wash over . . .
© Water Verse by Neha Sharma is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Photo by Darina Cico
Truly inspiring and thought provoking.. Every word is so true with a deep and strong message!!
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Thanks a lot for reading it, Kranti! I am delighted to know that it spoke to you 🙂
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😊
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Oh I so love this. Brilliant writing ✍️ ❤️
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Thanks a lot, Shantanu 🙂
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My pleasure always
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This was brilliant and inspiring. The brilliant movie The Shape Of Water came to mind. What a powerfully written verse.
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Thank you so much, Drew! I will have to look up this movie but it comes with such a strong recommendation, so I trust it already! Thank you for reading it 🙂
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My pleasure
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Really motivational neha..well done👍🏻☺️❤️
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Thank you 🙂
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May I say this is one of your best ………it’s so profound. Loved it 😊
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Thanks a lot for your lovely comment, Sakshi. I am glad you liked it ❤
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Your posts are always thought provoking……it was a pleasure 😊❤️
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Such a beautiful verse! May the water, your river; flow!!
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Thank you, Warren! So nice to hear from you 🙂
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Always a pleasure! 😊
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This is hands down the best conversation I have read today!
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So glad to know that you think so! Thank you for reading it 🙂
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There is no weakness in giving the way;
weak are they who fight no more.
There is no harm in embracing the change;
harmed are those who change no more
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. Beautiful beautiful beautiful 😘😘😘😘
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Thank you Thank you Thank you ❤ ❤
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🤗
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Nice read Neha.
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Thank you, Ankit 🙂
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Welcome 🙂
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🙂
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The ocean is the cradle of life. ☺
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It sure is! 🙂
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This is Inspiring Neha…!! Keep writing inspiring verse.
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Thanks for such an encouraging comment 🙂
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You are a really good writer. Please read my blogs too😊
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Thank you. I will definitely check it out 🙂
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wow this is so powerful and profound … I’m impressed 🙂
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Thanks a lot, Kate! ❤
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you’re most welcome Neha … I had a neighbour with exactly the same name 🙂
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Haha. ‘Neha’ is an extremely common name in India. I often tell my parents why couldn’t they get creative at all while naming me! 😀 😀
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her name is also Neha Sharma … the Indian equivalent of Joe Smith I think 🙂
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Yes. It is 😀
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I enjoyed this one especially. Read it and re-read it. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for reading it, Paul! 🙂
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This is brilliant and insightful! Drink and sober at the same time, these lines 🙂 And all the colours you paint. Loved it 🙂
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Thanks for such an encouraging comment, Parikhit! 🙂
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Water holds great wisdom! I am glad you have let some of it flow and meander through your verse. I like the title Water Verse. Is this a play on Universe?
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I intended to convey both that it is a verse about water and that it is an act of ‘versing’ with water. Your idea seems like an additional happy surprise. Thanks for pointing it out 🙂 🙂
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Very impressive as always 👌👌👏👏💞
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Thank you, Sushma 🙂
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I am life and life is me” This was beyond perfection Neha,
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Thank you, Moushmi. I am so glad you liked it 🙂
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Great poem!
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Thank you! 🙂
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My pleasure
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Simply wow!!! Each and every line is so inspiring…”Be like a water” is what I learnt today!!
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Thank you, Raj. Glad you liked it 🙂
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Dude! This is a brilliant thought complemented by beautiful writing. Water Verse. A neologism.
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Thanks a lot for such an encouraging feedback! 🙂
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You are so talented!! ❤️❤️
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You are just so kind with compliments ❤ ❤
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hello Neha… nice words on water…
keep it up.
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Thanks a lot! 🙂
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Nice! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Brilliant writing. Every word just found a perfect place in your work
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Thanks a lot! 🙂
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Beautiful, an unhurried flow speaks quiet wisdom to my soul. Thank you
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So glad to know it resonated with you! 🙂
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Wow! What a really great poem.
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Thanks a lot! I am so glad that you liked it 🙂
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No prob, you got a follow from me =)
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Thank you so much for that! 🙂
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A very beautiful poem, Neha.
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Thank you, Abhinav 🙂
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Beautiful peace of poem
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Thank you 🙂
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