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Oct

I refuse

   Posted by: rads   in fable

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..to be boxed.

Oh, you are brown
let’s place you here
with the browns.

The corner
works great for your long legs
Can stretch yourself
along with daddy long legs.

You sing?
Beautiful.
Just the perfect little level
A fine part of the chorus you’d make.

It’s convenient
Am sure.
To stay the beaten path.
To not make the effort.
To pay attention to me.

A protest
A scream
Invisible and silent
Hidden behind a window
Serving little purpose.

I am me.
I will always be.

What is that you say?

Weird?
I prefer Unique.
Strange?
I still prefer Unique.

I refuse
To be boxed.
I can stay alone
I can’t be made a clone
I could remain unknown
I refuse
To be boxed.

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10 comments so far

sthitapragnya
 1 

Nice! Profound! You should try Haiku.

October 14th, 2008 at 4:09 am
neha
 2 

This reminds me of Pete Seeger’s Boxes. Listen to this – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ONEYGU_7EqU

And the lyrics – http://ingeb.org/songs/littlebo.html

October 14th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Dinesh Babu
 3 

Beautiful! unfortunately most of the times we are in the box while saying these lines!

October 14th, 2008 at 9:52 am
maxdavinci
 4 

wah wah lajawab…like Arjun Singh in NamakHalal said, english is a very phunny lang. I therefore prefer my verses in hindi!

October 14th, 2008 at 10:18 am
rads
 5 

Thanks all. :)

Neha: That was a nice video. Words are perfect. Strange that I thought similarly. Or maybe it is more common than I thought. :\

October 14th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Praveen
 6 

beautiful :)

agree wit Dinesh Babu aka Madurai Veeran.

October 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Jira
 7 

cool stuff…especially the closing lines :)

October 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
bApHoMEt
 8 

You know the nice thing about being in a box? You are not compelled to struggle to be different. You have the luxury of being complacent. And (snicker snicker), I like that.

October 15th, 2008 at 10:06 am
rads
 9 

baph: But see, either you are different or you are not. I don’t understand this whole ‘trying to be different’ concept. :\ It’s work if you ask me.

Jira: Thanks :)

Praveen: :)

October 15th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
sachita
 10 

I would like to live in the little box. I might not play golf or have the martini but i still want to be in the little box.

October 17th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

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