The unique one

Someone said i want to be as intelligent as Einstein ,

Other said i want to be as kind as Mother Teresa ,

Yet another said i want to be as brave as Malala Yousoufzai ,

Then , I wondered why people want to become like others .

Why to be like someone?

When you are the unique one.

Everyone born is unique on this earth,

with his own precious value and worth.

With his own unique abilities ,

And his own disabilities .

Why to be like someone ?

When you are the unique one.

As  fingerprints of two individual can never match ,

dreams and possibilities too  can never match .

Why to compare and compete yourself with other ,

when you yourself are your most strong competitor.

Why to be like someone?

when you are the unique one.

The story of tortoise and rabbit still keeps on inspiring me ,

the tortoise kept on running with his own speed you see.

But the rabbit compared himself with tortoise and thinking himself faster slept ,

but the tortoise inspite of knowing that he was slow than rabbit won because oblivious of anything else he gave his best.

Why to be like someone ?

when you are the unique one.

The story of tortoise and rabbit's race ,

isn't different from  our life's case.

A person who keeps on improving himself everyday , every moment better than previous,

Wins this race of life than the others who inspite of having qualities , competes with others and become over ambitious.

Why  to be like someone?

when you are the unique one.

Life is not the graph where after a point , motion stops ,

rather it is the synonym of continuous motion and progress.

Everyday comes with new energy and challenges too.

And you in desire to become more better than previous day , 

surpass the one who were in front of you as they competed with others than themselves.

Why to be like someone?

When you are the unique one.

I  don't want to be intelligent , kind and brave like others ,

Because I am Riddhi , one of the kind.

I want to be me , what others say never bothers

me, so please keep in mind.

Why to be like someone?

when you are the unique one.

Reviews

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This reminds me an inspiring ad of Classmate stationery!
Of course I believe there's something unique in us...And I feel bad when at present successful people have to face comparison mostly! No matter with which legend you're being compared but you're unique along with your ability!
It's strong write riddhi!
Keep it up😊

[Riddhi]

Thank you Tahsin actually when i wrote the last para saying i am riddhi , one of the kind i also remembered the classmate ad and so i added that sentence!!

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Same pinch for the ad!
You're heartedly welcome😊

[Deepak Belbase]

It is quite inspiring... Everyone is unique even he has a twin brother. I like the example of rabbit and tortoise story. Keep it up...

[Riddhi]

Thanks for your review and i am happy you liked it..

[Surya]

It's more a speech....But yeah you are you, not any reflection.....The moment u realise it, u will be you with peace of mind....
I honestly enjoyed it...:)

[Riddhi]

Oh!! is it more a speech i guess yes.But my main intention was theme of this poem
Thanks for your sincere review!!!!

[Surya]

Theme clicked me well....It's my pleasure..:)

[Nigel Newman]

Riddhi you asked me to take a look, and I'm happy to have done so. I assume you want comments and feedback:

(1) Your overall philosophy is clear and consistent (and I completely agree), and I like the idea of the repeated almost mantra to finish each stanza.

(2) For me, the poem rambled and couldn't quite decide what it was. For example, sometimes you went for rhyme then stopped then resumed with, to me, no obvious rationale. Also, the rabbit / tortoise fable is almost too well known to sit comfortably in the middle here. It's like a side-example in your argument. I actually wonder whether you could make 2 poems - one that builds from the rabbit / tortoise messages, and one that avoids the rabbit / tortoise completely.

(3) Your declarations are very open. There's nothing wrong with this in life - it's good to be clear about how you'll approach things. But what do you want the reader to do / think / feel? It's almost as though you've told us the result of a cricket match so we don't need to watch it later. We don't have to work on the pro's and con's - Riddhi is telling us the outcome anyway. I would urge you to at least consider 'teasing' the reader a little more; perhaps be cryptic or at least undecided - make us think more.

(4) Couple of spelling / grammar etc observations
- Why to be like someone is not good English; why try to be like ... would be better
- Other said should be Another said
- two individual(s)
- Why to compare and compete yourself with other.... 'to' is not needed; just 'why compare'; also 'yourself' is unnecessary ... and other should be others. So 'Why compare and compete with others'
- Wins this race of life than the others who inspite of having qualities , competes with others and become over ambitious. I know what you're trying to say, but this sounds very clunky. There are some different elements here
(a) wins this race of life STOP (it's obvious that they're beating others - no need to say it)
(b) THEN others have qualities, but they're over-ambitious (or actually over-confident)
(c) so steady continuous resolve and application with win the race (or at least most of the time!!!)
- And you in desire to become more better than previous day ... try 'And in your desire to become better than the previous day'
- Surpass ... either the one who was OR the ones who were
- as they competed with others than themselves... ? Are you saying that they entered into unnecessary side-contests? If so, you don't need 'than themselves'. I'm not 100% sure I understand your point in this line
- one of [a] kind is better
- personally, I don't think you need to have a new line after 'never bothers' with 'me' starting the next line. I think the rhyme and phonetics of the bothers/others would still work; and it would mean that the new line started more naturally with 'So please ...'

Hope this helps
Regards
Nigel

[Riddhi]

Thanks for your review...You are actually among the few people who write truth in their review rather then just praising...and that's what i like about your review...Thank you..i will definitely take into consideration of what you say and will try to improve..Thank you

[Nigel Newman]

I agree about a lot of the feedback on WC. Either they're avoiding conflict and just being nice; or they genuinely don't "see" what I see. Actually there is a 3rd way, which is to encourage and be positive, but even that usually builds on the best parts of what someone has written. As far as I can see, their feedback is almost no use at all to the writer.

[Anjali]

I have the same thoughts as you have, this poem is really relatable to me. When I read the line,
"Everyone born is unique on this Earth,
With his own precious value and worth" I was like, so relatable! Such an amazing poem! Loved it!

[Riddhi]

Thank you for your review...

[Anjali]

No problem!