It is finally the last day of NaPoWriMo 2024. I am surprised I even made it here, considering there were days when I told myself it was okay if I didn’t even write. But I wanted to prove to myself that I am still the person I was two years ago and that my art was still very much a part of who I am. For so long, I’ve been feeling like my art has been snatched away from me because I’ve been cornered into a world of copies, campaigns, and marketing plans. I’ve barely had any time to make art, and it felt like a huge part of me was ripped away. And physically, when you lose a part of yourself like that, you end up handicapped forever, or dead. It’s not that different when a chunk of your soul feels like it has been taken away forever.
Consider my month of consistently writing, a high-stakes emergency procedure where it’s do or die. I had to believe in myself that I could do it, and I did. Frankly, I am a little emotional as I write this post because I challenged myself a lot this month to keep up with the NaPoWriMo prompts. I followed a good 29 out of 30, which is amazing if I do say so myself!
And for everyone who read my poems this month and had nothing but words of encouragement for me, I am so grateful that you’re here reading my posts. To everyone who started reading my work again after a year of my absence, you sticking around and making the time to read my work means a lot more to me than I can ever say. Thank you so much!
Finally, our prompt for the final day via napowrimo.net is to compare ourselves or identify with a mythical/ legendary character and write a poem inspired by it. I don’t know how many people had the same idea as me, but I chose Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring. A goddess of flowers, daughter of the Earth, forced into the Underworld only to become its queen, and embrace both the light and dark aspects of herself. We could all learn a little from it. I thought it was a fitting end to the season of poetry it has been!
Happy reading! Xx
A daughter of light, a crown of blooms,
I danced in meadows with sweet perfumes,
I’d skip around barefoot
And flowers would spring forth,
Not a care in the world,
No one could have told,
A hand unseen whispered my name,
Into the darkness, I slipped away,
Into the realms of despair and freezing cold,
Of pomegranate seeds and dark halls,
I arose a queen with a will of stone,
The world around me remained unknown,
But spring remembers my name,
It calls out to my soul,
Sun-kissed, the earth will thaw again,
As will I once again be whole.
For I am both the light and shade,
Life’s vibrant bloom in the promised glade,
In a winter’s sleep, a hidden grace,
Parts of me I will someday embrace.
Do you, like me, feel your worlds collide,
Hearts shatter, with nowhere to confide?
Embrace the dance in you,
The dark and th light,
And in your depths you’ll find
True growth take flight.
~© Shubhangi Srinivasan.
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Be back soon with another poem!
Cheerio! Xx
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