✨Beautiful Mess✨

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?

“I didn’t ask for a dramatic life

but apparently, I was cast as the main character anyway.”

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No audition.

No rehearsal.

Just life handing me a script

with seventeen plot twists

and absolutely no instructions.

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I try doing everything at once.

Write something meaningful.

Fix my future.

Organize my chaos.

And somehow remember

why I walked into the room.

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My brain is a busy marketplace

ideas shouting,

dreams bargaining,

doubts offering discounts.

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People say,

“Take it slow.”

.

Slow?

My thoughts run marathons

while I’m still tying my shoes.

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Some days I’m confident

I’ll conquer the world.

Other days I’m Googling

“how to get life together in 5 easy steps.”

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But here’s the secret:

.

Between the confusion,

the unfinished plans,

and the dramatic internal monologues,

something beautiful keeps happening.

.

I grow.

I learn.

I try again.

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So yes,

maybe I didn’t ask for this role.

.

But if life insists

I’m the main character…

.

I might as well

play it well.

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—Rajeshwari 🧿💕

© Nihshabd by Rajeshwari. All Rights Reserved

Comments

17 responses to “✨Beautiful Mess✨”

  1. ptrikha15 Avatar

    Very well written and quite thoughtful !

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you so much 🤍 Really glad it resonated with you.🤍✨

  2. Vijay Srivastava Avatar

    Rajeshwari ji, this is sharp, relatable, and full of personality.
    The opening line instantly hooks the reader, and the closing resolve “I might as well play it well” gives it confidence and charm. Honest, witty, and beautifully self-aware.

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you Vijay ji, this truly means a lot. 🤍 I love that you noticed the hook and the closing resolve… that’s exactly the quiet strength I hoped would stay with the reader. Grateful it felt honest and self-aware to you. ✨

  3. datta Avatar

    “I didn’t ask for a dramatic life

    but apparently, I was cast as the main character anyway.”

    This tells many things without additional words, phrases, and sentences.
    Beautiful presentation.

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you so much. I’m really glad you liked it.✨

  4. KK Avatar
    KK

    My brain is a busy marketplace..a sentence so deep and so meaningful in this poem. A beautifully crafted piece 👌💫✨

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you so much ✨ That line came from a very real place… I’m glad it stood out to you. Really appreciate you reading it so thoughtfully. 💫

  5. Nusrat Khan Avatar

    Rajeshwari,you wrote it well and you played it well., 👏

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you for your kind words… truly appreciated.🤍✨

    2. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you, that’s really kind of you 😊🤍😍

  6. Girish Mani Avatar

    Strange thing is that even if we want to back out, life will at some point will definitely push us no matter what…..It happened to me…..ultimately we are the protagonists of our story..😉

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      True… somehow we always end up back in our own story.🙂🤍✨

  7. akanewrites Avatar

    “my thoughts run marathons, while I’m still tying my shoes” this is so true. what a beautiful line and truly a wonderful poem 🎐

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      Thank you! I’m glad that line felt relatable… my mind really does run ahead of me most days. 😄🤍✨

  8. SRIKANTH Avatar

    This is beautiful, Rajeshwari. Your opening sentence pulls the reader in instantly—there’s such a wonderful blend of honesty, humor, and quiet resilience running through every line. I love how you’ve captured the beautiful chaos of being human: the marketplace of the mind, the marathons thoughts run before we’re ready, the oscillation between conquering the world and Googling five-step fixes. And then that turn—”something beautiful keeps happening. / I grow. I learn. I try again.”—it lands with such warmth. You’ve taken what could be a story of overwhelm and turned it into one of quiet, determined grace. This feels like the beginning of something truly worth reading. Play it well, indeed.🤝

    1. nihshabdblog Avatar

      This really means a lot… thank you so much Srikanth ji.✨💛 The way you understood it so deeply makes it feel even more special.
      I think we’re all just figuring it out as we go falling, learning, and finding our way back, a little stronger each time.🤍✨

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