Vyapti's Dreamland - Page 20

This is such a profound poem...the importance of quotidian gratitude is so understated!

What does quotidian gratitude mean Pro dear?

I have poor vocabulary.🤭

Originally posted by: vyapti

What does quotidian gratitude mean Pro dear?

I have poor vocabulary.🤭

Quotidian comes from the French quotidienne meaning daily...sorry for the word dump!

Quotidian gratitude is a phrase which means --- a strong feeling of appreciation to someone or something for what the person has done to help us.

Quotidian is a fancy way of saying "daily" or "ordinary." Quotidian events are the everyday details of life. When you talk about the quotidian, you're talking about the little things in life: everyday events that are normal and not that exciting.

Thank you Madhuri.

Actually I googled the word quotidian and found it means daily. I was surprised because I am not at all talking about the ritual of practising daily gratitude in the poem.

Your explanation helped me. Now I have understood it like this----When one has a strong feeling of gratitude towards someone/something then that gratitude becomes a part of their everyday existence.

Dear,

I am extremely tired.

I am not a strong person,

Yet I have to pretend

As if I am a strong person.

This continuous acting

Has left me exhausted.

What can I do?

I am an adult now.

A mature person

Who does not wear

The mask of a strong person

Invites death.

Remember the theory called

"Struggle of existence"

That we read as a child?

Sometimes I get angry at myself,

Sometimes I get angry at my destiny.

Why could not I become a strong person?

One's inherent nature can not be changed

Just like I can't change my voice.

Even if I shout so much

That my throat gets damaged

No one will be able to hear it.

So I have bought a speaker

To overcome this limitation of mine.

Can you bring me an instrument

That when worn by a weak person

Makes the illusion

That she is a strong person?

Nicely written poem, Nibedita.

Yes, at times, we feel so vulnerable to daily routines and inner weaknesses, but the inherent strength of a person always makes us think and act wisely. Anger, hesitations, desire, and disappointments are all natural to everyone, but we have to accept it with grace instead of yielding to stress.

This is so beautiful, you brought out our inner struggles so well!

I can't touch you.

I have lost that right.

So what?

At least I can talk with you.

I utter gibberish

As if I have fever.

You give multi layered, sarcastic answers

As if you want to take revenge on me.

The fire is extinguished,

The room is full of suffocating smoke.

Yet the memories of the days

When the fire raged

Gives the false hope that

From this smoke

The fire will be ignited again.

I cling to that hope

Like the corpse of a loved one.

So I can't tell you

"Please leave my suffocating heart

And go wherever you want,

Wherever you are loved."

This is so beautiful Di! Such a lovely collection of emotions, and portraying a certain helplessness!