Without You


Today was a beautiful day,
I thought so.
It passed by smoothly,
Without anything special though.
I had a smile, I had a laugh,
I wish I could have that from my heart.
My happiness faded, hugging all dry,
And my hopes could only cry.
I had these thoughts,
Every morning, every night.
But one thing I missed to realize.
Without your words,
Without your smile,
How could I have lived my life?

*This is an unedited poem I wrote in my teens.

Comments

  1. Wonderful and so lovely poem Saru..:) I love every lines,editing is not needed because I know and I can feel it, it's coming from your heart when you wrote this love poem..:) Words from heart doesn't need to edit at all.:) Love it! :)

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    1. Even I think so that when words come from heart, they sound better and honest. Thanks for liking the poem dear.:)

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  2. Wonderful! You forgot to mention the name of that special one! Enough to impress anyone:)
    I would definately gift this poem to my gf whenever I'll find her by writing my name under it. Hope you won't mind...Overall beautiful line...loved it....keep rocking:):)

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    1. There was no special someone. And you can give it to your girl and take all the credit. I won't mind it at all. Thanks for such a nice comment.

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  3. A very pure form of emotion,
    Good Saru, find it relevant even today.:)
    It's defines pollination & formation of a poet..

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    1. Old work shows your growth as a writer. You have rightly said so. Thanks for reading Sir.

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  4. Hey I liked the title of the poem also:)

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  5. Lovely! Your poem made me miss "Him" even more than i normally do!

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    1. Wonderful as now you can write another lovely piece. :)

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  6. Unedited??? Incredible! You have an amazing way with WORDS:)

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    1. Yeah, unedited. Thanks for the compliment, means a lot coming from you.

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  7. "Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!"

    Wow! Anyone would melt by reading those lines. Loved it Saru. Raw emotions of your teens is quite evident. :):)

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    1. Really, I will use it on Alok then...:) You know I love those days when emotions were raw and unadulterated. We always believed in happy ever after, which is a state of utopia...

      Thanks for reading the poem Akshay...:)

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  8. "Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!"

    Beautiful......................!

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    1. Thank you so much Saravana and a very happy birthday to you :) :) :)

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  9. Lovely. Beautifully expressed the longing!

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    1. Thank you Shaifali...Actually, the poem talks about someone's importance in our lives which we miss to realize ordinarily.

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  10. Saru, at least share the secret of when you wrote your first one! Hope not in the cradle as even this one has that rare spark of brilliance:)

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    1. Sir, as far as I remember it is 'When You Came' and I wrote it shortly after my 14th birthday.

      Thank you such an inspiring comment Sir...:)

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    2. Saru, it is so good to see you conquering heights and my best wishes for your future writing endeavors too:)

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    3. Thank you so much Sir for your wishes...:)

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  11. in your teens !!!! hmmmmm...nodding at what Rahulji wrote

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  12. just superb , words written in teens ........

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  13. Your teens peep back from the words!

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    1. If you say so...:) I think I am on a journey on discovering myself ever since...:)

      Thank you for reading.

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  14. You are just gifted. :) That was a wonderful poem and the fact that you have written it in your teens is testimony to your genius. The fact that the words rhyme so gently and with ease and the way you weave layers of emotions is just brilliant. :)

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    1. Raj, you have written the essence of the poem and that too so brilliantly. Speaking you genius, I guess I know someone who is a writer par excellence.

      Thank you for reading...:)

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  15. Lovely! Yeah, so the magic with words was the same back then as it is now! Actually, I loved the start! :D

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    1. Even I love the start. You know I generally the like start of my poems. Gosh! I am narcissist.

      Thanks for reading and a lovely comment.

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  16. "I had a smile, I had a laugh." wish you get more of those!

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    1. @strophicus- Thank you and welcome here. I wish everyone has lots of smiles in their lives.

      @Rohit Singh Jain- :)

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  17. Hello! You have an award awaiting on my blog :-)

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  18. okay! so you are a prodigy! :D

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    1. Don't know that but nothing in comparison to someone who can click, write, sing and play instruments...:)

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  19. Loved it. Though I might not feel the same for any particular person, I guess I can appreciate the idea put forth :)

    Thank you :)

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    1. You will Mishraji, wait for sometime. You will fall in love and will declare it on your blog.:)

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    2. Haha :) Amen Saru :) Time is all I have :)

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  20. :) You wrote in your teens!! that's awesome... as well as the poem!!

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  21. Touchy...without you life is nothing...........

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    1. Seriously, btw looks like we are talking in 'Hum Tum' style...:)

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  22. Awww! That's so cute and soulful. I'm all smiling reading this over and over again :):) You wrote it as a teen? It has the same magic of your present day poems, Saru. :)

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    1. Even I smile, no I laugh. My brother and my husband laugh on my poems. More than meaning, they search for comedy in it.

      Thanks for a lovely comment Harsha...:)

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  23. sweet :)
    d heart was quite innocent then..
    it cud luv in an instant n b broken in tat very moment.. sigh!

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  24. Who was the guy, for whom you penned down such beautiful words :-))

    When I read it, didnot occur to me, that this was from your teens.

    Wonderful!

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    1. No one...:) Thank you saying it's wonderful. :)

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    2. Not really...:P But except for 'On A May Day' and 'My Aphrodite' I have never written a poem for someone.

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  25. beautiful sis :)

    take care
    niya

    niya101.blogspot.com
    ramblingofaretard.blogspot.com

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  26. Aaaaw so sweet. Vry nice saru:-):-)

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  27. Today is a beautiful day. Made more so by this poem! :-)

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    1. Awww...So sweet of you...Thank you for reading Kunal...:)

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  28. So beautifully written!

    Please do use one of my photos if you'd like to. Perhaps you could just link back to me?

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    1. Thank you for reading or for the permission to use your photos. I always link the source if it's not from Google.

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  29. Even in your teens day..u had been able to come out with such a beautiful piece....Saru Di...u r d master of the art of writing poems...

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    1. Thank you Hemant. I wish I can master the art, I am just learning...:)

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  30. you were romantic when you were young Saru :-)

    lovely poem !

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  31. and from your other poems...you seem to be romantic now as well :D

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    1. I don't have even a single bone of romance in me. I am too practical for that...:)

      Thank you for reading Rahul...:)

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  32. hmmm a lovely poem

    but i have had some experiences in life now that a beautiful day can be beautiful if we want to ...

    Bikram's

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    1. Yeah, it's just a state of mind. Thank you for reading Bikram...:)

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  33. Kind a romantic.........It's great that you tried your hand in poems when you were a teen!!!!

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  34. "I had a smile, I had a laugh,
    I wish I could have that from my heart."

    Most touching lines....Reflects the lack of a happiness in real sense... Uneasiness..

    Liked the poetry..

    Do visit my new blog- http://manjuzkitchen.blogspot.in/

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    1. Thanks for digging into the lines and will surely visit the blog. :)

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  35. some one was this good right from her teens! :)

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  36. I love going back and re-reading stuff that I had written ages back... Always fill me with a sweet nostalgia :)

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    1. So true...Kinda flipping the pages of your own life...:)

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  37. Beautiful poem you've written in teens...:)

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  38. I think I have been here before but long ago..once more being here ..reminds how I miss to poetry

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    1. Once you start writing poems, it becomes a part of you and when you leave it you miss it...

      Thank you for stopping by...

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  39. wow, wow...."Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!" divine lines

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  40. You had depth even then, like wine your writing gets better with age. :)

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    1. Thank you Meera for saying such a beautiful line...Such a comment makes my day...:)

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  41. Without anything special though.
    I had a smile, I had a laugh,
    I wish I could have that from my heart.....wow


    Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!.......awasome touches my heart , lovely expression .

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  42. The pic and the words perfectly compliment each other...:) Truly beautiful...:)

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  43. An epiphany. The realization of the absence of someone special. A special poem, with a touch of melancholy. Beautiful!

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    1. Thank you Anu. It's truly epiphany as you said. I realized it after reading your comment. :)

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  44. I am not a fan of poems and such but I enjoyed reading this. You're gifted not only now but since you were teen. Keep it up and keep writing!

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    1. Thank you so much Ram. Glad to know that you enjoyed it..:)

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  45. aww.. Saru.. so beautiful.. with your permission can i print it out and pack it along with my hubby's things during his travels? Obviously with your name on it?

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    1. Sure, it would be an honor. :) Thank you for reading Kajal and for writing a lovely comment...:)

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  46. You were in love since teen age? hahaha...good poem
    You are good writer right from your childhood...Amazing,Saru

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  47. It found its right place after so many years of confinement :D

    Cheers,
    Blasphemous Aesthete

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  48. This is such a simple and true from-the-heart poem of a teen :) Liked it!

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  49. Very nice...wish I could write like this! No...Not possible :(

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    1. You are talented in art dear. Writing a poem is not that difficult, anyone can do it...:)

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  50. Some old poetry coming up lately? :) Good one!

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  51. Bottled up emotions that hit the papers in our teens :)
    Lovely read.

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  52. beautiful poem
    waiting for next one

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  53. So, you love playing with words since your teen days huh! A beautiful poem indeed Saru! :)

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    1. Yeah, at times I feel old habits die hard. My habit of penning things is flourishing these days. Thanks for reading Binu.

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  54. Saru... this is so naive and beautiful.. You are a born poet :)

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    1. Awww...thank you Mi...I wish I can capitalize on it...

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  55. Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!.....such beautiful lines....:) grt post as usual

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  56. Love ur Choice of Words to emote the innate feelings.. Great Post!

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  57. Another lovely piece..I am running out of comments...:)

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  58. Amazingly written, keep writing :)

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  59. Wow.. That's lovely Saru.. The flow in which your words flow is just amazing. And have you written this in your teen age? Its just unbelievably awesome. The last 3 lines are just breath takingly beautiful:) Love

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    1. Since you have mentioned, I always believe poems must have some flow, a gentle shift from one line to another. Glad you think this one has it. Thanks Sonia...:)

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  60. And this is how you wrote in your teens-no wonder your words now are so well polished...they had such a great beginning :-)

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    1. Your comment just made my day...Thanks Suruchi!

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  61. Hi

    I am not much into poetry but loved it ....:)

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  62. True, there's always someone, someone other than me, who lends meaning to my life. And that someone is usually a constant (not variable_\

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    1. It's better when that someone is constant. Relationships are very tricky these days. :)

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  63. This is so sensational. your emotions have flown so naturally. Indeed a masterpiece Saru.

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  64. Loved it! Without u....:)
    And coincidently I was listening to the song without you while reading the poem...it kind of made me grin ear to ear.
    :D

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    1. Oh, which one? Thanks for liking the poem Madhusha...:)

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  65. Saru - uff I love it !! It's like you just read my heart out to me .. I've had busy 2 weeks and didn't get a chance to visit you blog but I am glad I got this to read this

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    1. Thats so sweet of you Sangeeta. Thanks for liking and relating to the poem.

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  66. Lovely.. something I could have written in my young days too:-)

    Bless U!

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    1. Good to know that. I just miss those carefree days...:) Thanks for reading Tania:)

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  67. "Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!"

    The last three lines say it all... Good one Saru! As someone mentioned, I am running out of comments... Glad to see that you've kept the fire going and never stopped writing...

    Looking forward to more.......

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    1. Thank you Nisha. I think readers of this blog have kept the fire alive in me. I owe every piece of writing to them...:)

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  68. back than also u were hell of a player with words :P
    those raw n pure emotions r brilliantly expressed..

    fabulous Saru !!!

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    1. I wish I can time travel and jot down more with such raw emotions. Thank you for appreciating the poem...:)

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  69. nice words..the pure emotions of teenage showing thru evey sentence!!

    http://sushmita-smile.blogspot.in/

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  70. Simple and touching lines :)

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  71. Its amazing to see that you could express your emotions so beautifully even in your teens! :)
    We can feel a freshness n purity in this poem.

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    1. Kitty, I miss the purity now. We are so full of life in those days. Thank you for reading!

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  72. Beautiful lines Saru, your creativity started flowing from your teens and that is evident in these lines

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    1. Thank you Arnab. I look back and feel that those were good old days:)

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  73. talent in poetry at it's best.

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    1. Thank you Sir. I hope I can capitalize on it...:)

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  74. simple yet had all the flavors of life.

    Weakest LINK

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  75. Loved the ending.. Without your words, without your smiles, how could I have lived my life.. Says it all..

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  76. just so beautiful just so true...its apt for every true love


    Without your words,
    Without your smile,
    How could I have lived my life!

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  77. without ur words and smile,, that are superb lines...its so nice to read ur poem ..everytime best poems..

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  78. Beautiful lines!

    http://rachnaparmar.com

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  79. Wonderful lines, evokes nostalgia.. beautiful creations of the past... Well Done Saru, you rock girl! :)

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    1. Awww, thats so sweet of you to say...Thank you:)

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  80. The youthfulness is live in this poem, although I must say you could edit it to create a simple piece of art. Cheers to poetry!!! :-D

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    1. I like the rawness here. I edit my work nowadays but these poems are so pure. Thanks for reading Anoop...:)

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  81. nice lines saru!gr8 to read after a gap! :)

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  82. Yeah, that special someone is the most important part of life whether we say or not. Thanks for reading Ash...:)

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