A girl i once thought i knew

A girl I once thought I knew

Mysterious yet always curious

Notoriously plans when furious

Whatever she does seems strangely

Odd. 

Never does she say a thing

Can she talk? Can she sing?

For every time she listens she gives a simple

Nod. 

She keeps more secrets than the outer space

And lives in her very own world

But she owns such an innocent face

When will her true identity be unfurled?

Her nose might be buried in a book

Or a place far away in the wild

But one wrong move and she'll give you her most withering look

Everyone thinks they know her

But a different person she is with everyone she meets

Many opinions she certainly states

With them she could write a speech too long

About the many things she loves and hates

And about what is right and all that is wrong

So much more i can talk about her

But one thing she might tell you for sure

Be quiet like an owl's wings

Be like the bees who don't have any stings

Wise like the crane waiting for his prey

Be calm yet fierce and you shall conquer every day.

- Swara Chandorkar 

A random idea transformed into more that i thought it would. I was reading something and when I came upon the word notorious, I just had this thought that "hey! It rhymes with both furious and mysterious! Let's write a poem or something with these words!!" Aaand yeah. We got a whole poem all because of those three words!!

So basically, I decided to write about an imaginary girl who was a mysterious person. But the more I thought about what to write, all I could think was adjectives I would use for myself. So in a way, this poem is an autobiography of, well, myself! I might have exaggerated a point or two, but that was simply done to give the poem an essence of its own.

I have written these two paragraphs because in school, the teacher always talks about what "the poet means to say", and I wonder if the poet really meant to have his or her poem deciphered that way. Which is why, I deciphered this poem for all those who will be reading it!!

Hope you like it!!! 🦉