Seema Aarella - ! ! ...AMATEUR

I do not manipulate words
As you may suppose,
I just copy them
As they appear on my blank mind,
Like an ardent pupil
Noting a passage from the black board.

I do not play with words
I lack the competence of a maestro
I am just an overjoyed child
Playing on the beach,
Trying to make an odd pattern
With a handful of seashells

I do not interweave my words
With brilliance of a famed poet
I am just learning to darn
The off centred emotions
Into a legible new fabric
Only to dress my artlessness.

Seema Aarella

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