Can'T I Change? Poem by Deependra Kumar Jha

Can'T I Change?

Rating: 5.0


One hazy morning, with a cup of tea in hand
I thought, why I can't change the world?

I am not a philosopher,
so can't argue about good or bad
I am not an actor,
so can't pretend to smile when sad

I am not a politician,
so can't redefine the truth
I am not an astrologer,
so can't try to make lives smooth

I am not a reporter,
so can't fabricate a truth and cook
I am not a painter,
so can't give world a paradise look

But, why do I need any recognition?
I can simply change myself and inspire few others,
won't it be great if people treat 'the others' as brothers?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Anjali Sinha 25 October 2008

you can-yes you can see ive begun to think-- i have changed. +++10 regards anju

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Nivedita Bagchi SPC UK 19 March 2010

‘…I can simply change myself and inspire few others, /won't it be great if people treat 'the others' as brothers? ‘ Introspective poem… self slicing…yeah implanting ‘Abhi’ [fearlessness] on others is a great work.. 10+ Ms. Nivedita UK

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 24 August 2009

But, why do I need any recognition? I can simply change myself and inspire few others, won't it be great if people treat 'the others' as brothers? it is hard and naked fact of life that one needs to change self first thenthink of changing otheres.....lovely write n i liked it most to the depth and length of it.....10 read mine i am disgrace....go back....miss i miss u

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Muhammad Ali 09 April 2009

Near to hearts lovely piece it is Deependra 10

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Miriam Maia Padua 05 April 2009

very significant write..so meaningful very fine-flowing...great thoughts are touching if we can only change the world with our words... we do it... but still poets write to endure...enough to augment the pain the world is facing now...And you, a great poet, your words are enough to change everything... 10++

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Ridge Cahill 12 February 2009

You nailed it, my friend. You need not be all of those things, you simply need to be true to yourself and change will come. You left out one little detail - you ARE a poet and poets change the world everyday. You've had a hand in changing mine and I am half a world away.

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