A Butterfly's Dream - Fly High


Udaipur, Closed doors, Arpit Rastogi, India
Few closed doors
Reaffirms, never defy
My hunger to excel 
In cocoon, yearning to be a butterfly

Half-baked wings
Fluttering with hope
I may fail, fail again
Only endeavor is to stay afloat

Nothing can weigh me down
Far away from maddening hullabaloo
Nearing my goal
Taking a step or two

Setbacks on the path
Will arouse my thirst
I'll rise from ashes
I've witnessed worst

Success - will not quench my hunger
It will only multiply
I just learned to flutter
I will fly high

Butterfly, Arpit Rastogi, Poem

Comments

  1. Yearings of a butterfly to fly higher is well captured.

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  2. Success - will not quench my hunger
    It will only multiply
    I just learned to flutter
    I will fly high

    absolutely true for you my friend.. I guess the award is only the beginning.. long way to go... :)

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  3. Last few lines are so motivational. Lovely Saru.

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  4. My hunger to excel
    In cocoon, yearning to be a butterfly .Superb lines.

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  5. I'll rise from ashes, I've witnesses worst. Wow! :)

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  6. Wish you fly higher with every passing day:)

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  7. Heartiest congratulations to you for being selected as one of the best in poetry category. I knew the result before it was announced. :)

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  8. Love the poem. There are so many variables in life where things have to line up for things to happen. The only control we have is on our preparation. So we should learn whatever we have to learn, practice however we have to practice, to get the best out of ourselves.

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  9. What a wonderful recipe for success. And congratulations on winning a coveted award ! Cheers & best wishes !

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  10. Lovely lines Saru :) Truly it depicts the dream of a butterfly. i loved these lines the most:

    Setbacks on the path
    Will arouse my thirst
    I'll rise from ashes
    I've witnessed worst

    And I keep on reading it again and again...

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  11. Beautiful and inspiring... :-)

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  12. Success will not quench my hunger! That's ambitious :)..good work :)

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  13. You complied the words very well !
    Thanks for sharing this beautiful poetry with us !

    -Pramod

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  14. Beautiful butterfly!

    Saru che! :)

    www.numerounity.com

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  15. Fly you must, for every bird has its destiny, not to be chained by thoughts, but to chase them in open skies and catch their lovely prey.

    Cheers,
    Blasphemous Aesthete

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  16. This is so beautiful. Loved it like anything! :)
    So inspiring.

    So glad to see my pictures on your blog with such amazing piece of writing. Thank you! :)

    Happy Blogging!

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  17. Setbacks on the path
    Will arouse my thirst
    I'll rise from ashes
    I've witnessed worst

    Success - will not quench my hunger
    It will only multiply
    I just learned to flutter
    I will fly high

    Lovely lines and inspiring one :)

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  18. Congratulation on winning the award...and may be there will be some exception...but quality will always win, attract people...Loved this poem too...I have gone through this situation many times

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  19. Superb.
    " a writer's write - up" indeed.

    A motivational poem...

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  20. Congratulations Saru, on winning the IBA awards! Indeed a deserved victory for the ardent poetess. :-)

    This one again is a very beautifully composed one.

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  21. lovely.....
    Beautiful and inspiring poem!!!!
    and many congrats for the prestigious award...you deserved it completely!!!
    wish you many more like this :-)

    Anu

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  22. Saru this one is inspiring in so many ways ... Love it !!

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  23. Ahhh - just beautiful!

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  24. last four line success - Success - will not quench my hunger
    It will only multiply
    I just learned to flutter
    I will fly high .. is just awesome .. feeling motivated for the placement drive which gonna to happen this September !

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  25. All the best to a very determined butterfly.

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  26. Send it to all the school boards, they should teach children, this positive approach, dream big, fly high, strive etc etc, what a lovely piece of work. :D

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  27. "I may fail,fail again,only endeavor is to stay afloat",beautiful lines and a very beautiful composition.

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  28. Great lines :)
    Thanks fr sharing this lovely piece of poetry.
    http://youngimaginations.blogspot.in/

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  29. Motivating and Inspiring lines...

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  30. Very motivating lines Saru! These so cheered me up. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  31. I have read this poem on FB and really liked it. Congrats on the IB award Saru :)

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  32. Loved it Saru. Thanks for sharing.

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  33. Few beautiful words to tel the inspiring tale...loved it!!! :)

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  34. Wish I was a butterfly...nicely written...and yes congratulations for the win win :)

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  35. loved this para:
    "Nothing can weigh me down
    Far away from maddening hullabaloo
    Nearing my goal
    Taking a step or two"
    great one once again.. :)

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  36. you come up with so inspiring verses Saru .. it raises the desire to make it happen .. fight our odds .. wonderful as usual !!
    BTW .. although I had congratulated you on twitter .. but you deserve to be congratulated on your space as well ..lot deserving .. and claps aloud from me for getting the official signature on your excellence - the IBA award !! :)

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  37. Setbacks on the path
    Will arouse my thirst
    I'll rise from ashes
    I've witnessed worst

    Lovely lines. You are very talented.
    Congratulations on winning IBA award. :-)

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  38. Beautiful inspiration Saru and so very apt.
    Lots of drum rolls for you -congrats,you will go far!

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  39. "Setbacks on the path
    Will arouse my thirst
    I'll rise from ashes
    I've witnessed worst"

    Amazing lines!

    Cheers!
    Indigenou

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  40. Beautiful lines, Saru. Go, flutter, fly high and touch the sky!

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  41. Again wonderful poem carrying simplicity but at the same expressing depth and the true wisdom of life & I guess its reflecting your desire too.

    I liked these lines

    "Success - will not quench my hunger
    It will only multiply
    I just learned to flutter
    I will fly high"--------No doubt you will fly high!

    Congrats for the IB Award!
    Cheers!!












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  42. Congrats on spicy sat picks. lovely poem.

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  43. So powerful and beautiful lines!! :)

    Heartiest congratulations on the award!! Truly well deserved :)

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  44. Inspirational one from an even more inspirational person.

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  45. You know every time I read an inspirational poem by you, I feel very positive. I feel like coming out of my cocoon and getting better at a few things. Thank you Saru. :)

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  46. I just learned to flutter
    I will fly high

    .... inspiring lines :)

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  47. Lovely poem Saru! I too believe that the best things come after worst! Inspiring!!

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  48. Such inspiring words woven together!

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  49. I loved the last stanza,,, keep going ! Very Motivational !

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  50. Its a beautiful way to portray with inspiration filled in it...good one

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  51. शब्दों की मुस्कराहट पर....तभी तो हमेशा खामोश रहता है आईना !!

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  52. Absolutely beautiful and inspiring lines, Saru! Loved it!

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  53. A poem deserving to be recognized and rightly so by blogadda! :) Congrats yaar..

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  54. good...very good saru...quite powerful

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  55. I love this. Only one problem, butterflies make a chrysalis, moths make a cocoon. I just know this because we raised caterpillars this summer. I made the mistake of saying they were making a cocoon to. My husband corrected me; then I looked it up to be sure.

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  56. I just learned to flutter , I will fly high !! Aah soars the spirits really :)
    good one

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  57. Simple, Convergent and Hopeful - Your poem infuses fire in the spirits! Only if I had wings to my desire now!

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  58. @Everyone - Thank you for reading and liking the poem.

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