Flawed
Flawed…
Flawed, will be the inevitable verdict
if I am held before my own heart’s stringent council,
always falling short of satisfying all criteria’s
when measured with the golden scales of perfection,
as I keep moulding excuses to suit my conveniences
to withdraw halfway from all my passionate quests.
How often have I let the fear of failures
become unmovable hurdles in my pursuit of dreams,
content in letting someone else sketch out my future paths
not being bold enough to take the daunting first step,
as I deliberately voice out my thoughts and concerns feebly
so that they would dissolve in the surrounding din.
How often have I resolutely turned a blind eye
to the wonderful rainbow of opportunities,
that adorned with splendor the turquoise skies
and beckoned me from beyond my glass windows,
as I hastily lowered the blinds and engaged in
mundane chores which gave routine’s comfort.
Despite my flaws I will hold close my virtues
and adhere to values and principles imbibed at childhood,
to brighten up some facets of my ordinary existence
as I accept all my imperfections with grace,
with the hope that my virtues would weigh a fraction heavier
than my flaws when compared on a humane scale.
© Anjana Vipin E
- Flawed - February 13, 2018
- Love’s Wilted Rose - February 12, 2018
- A Note of Your Flute - February 9, 2018







Nicely penned Anjana, and yes we are all imperfect, yet we may learn and better ourselves. Fear is our enemy, for without it we may aspire to any height, work toward and goal and uplift ourselves. Great work dear friend.
Thank you dear Tony for your kind words..I so appreciate your support and friendship..
Defining us all, as we are flawed, showing true intimacies with ourselves, as they rout us out and continue in that continual cycle…to create the ones which we are. Very intimate in such ways which often make the strongest shy away from who we really are. Excellently portrayed, dear friend!
Thank you dear friend Donald..I am delighted to know that this found favor in your eyes and I truly appreciate your lovely comment and encouraging words..
I think we all hope that in the end. Imperfections many times are what define us and make us beautiful. So many times the easy, mundane way is the course, but sometimes that defines us as well we are all perfectly imperfect and like you said in the end we all hope that our virtues would count or define more than our flaws. Nice piece my friend. Excellent job.
Always a joy to have your words on my page dear friend Paul..thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and also for your kind words of encouragement..I so appreciate them..
my sweet Anjana, knowing You by now, and the shy person You told me You were, this reflects so many of Your inner, many sentences haunted me as I felt You pouring Your self into them, felt You written them with wistfulness acceptance, Your last two verses were perfectly brilliant, I always like how You end Your poems, because You always end them so wonderfully brilliantly.
Hugs my dear to You and Your little Angel, missing You*
A great poem, life is happier when we accept our flaws and embrace our true selves.
Beautifully penned, we will be happy and at peace when we accept who we are.