i wish to be born as a swan in my next life (if there is such a thing)...i thought about it for a long-time and that made me contemplate on my present life of all 21 years.i realised the longings of my soul are aimed in a fixed direction which is echoed by R.Kelly's song "i believe i can fly", but soon enough i realised the impotency of my wish.i'm fixed in such a socio-cultural context that the desire to do anything,for that matter even the word "desire", should not be part of my vocabulary specially because i'm a female.
it feels great talking about the emancipation of women and how far we have come from the dark ages!but the truth is that i myself know that if i want to (for eg:) step out at 10 p.m. all alone, then there is no guarentee,not even 2%, that i will return as the same person that i'd left.
so considering that the patriarchs (who exist in various forms:father,brother,friend,neighbour...even the gate-keeper) give up on me for a while...i still don't think that the world will readily accept my flight.
the other reason why i chose a swan is because i'm fed up of the insecure relationships people have these days.a pair of swans is the ideal (though many of u may find that boring) because of the life-long fidelity it indulges in...perfect bliss!
so basically,though the swan might become a victim of a shotgun,yet till the time it does not release its last breath it has the freedom to be where it wants to go and can trust its partner even after its own death.
(faith and freedom combined)
it feels great talking about the emancipation of women and how far we have come from the dark ages!but the truth is that i myself know that if i want to (for eg:) step out at 10 p.m. all alone, then there is no guarentee,not even 2%, that i will return as the same person that i'd left.
so considering that the patriarchs (who exist in various forms:father,brother,friend,neighbour...even the gate-keeper) give up on me for a while...i still don't think that the world will readily accept my flight.
the other reason why i chose a swan is because i'm fed up of the insecure relationships people have these days.a pair of swans is the ideal (though many of u may find that boring) because of the life-long fidelity it indulges in...perfect bliss!
so basically,though the swan might become a victim of a shotgun,yet till the time it does not release its last breath it has the freedom to be where it wants to go and can trust its partner even after its own death.
(faith and freedom combined)
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"...i still don't think that the world will readily accept my flight." how true,simple yet profoud...
like the idea of being a swan,will bless u with that boon to be one(if ive any power to do so ;)
your wish will sure be true..
coz the next swan i see,
how will i know that its not you..!
hey so sweet!!!!
nd i totally agree abt the unsecure relations:( it upsets me a lot..i wish relations were menat to b forever....
nd u can desire ...u shud girl!!!
Very interesting perspective. How we need to hold back sometimes because of practicality. Hope your wish comes true.
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Nothing wrong with wishing.
Nothing wrong with wanting.
Ideals.
It makes the pursuit all the more worthwhile.
I guess you are procastinating. Maybe swan's have more complieities in their life than it seems. All things are a marvel from far.
Here's what shoul make you better. Even though all the empowerment crap goes on, you are right in saying that women still have curbs in their life. It's a pity; but we as the next-gen shoul make sure that something like this what our next-gen shouln't experience. Before I start my philosophy crap, you take care.
Where is it that you stay? I have my house in vasanth kunj.
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