'I don't know'
is an excuse
a way of saying 'I don't want to know'
or that I haven't bothered to
nor will I bother right now.
'I don't know'
is a closed door
slapped shut in your face
a way of avoiding further questions
A shrug that's a full-stop.
'I don't know'
is allowing confusion to stay,
vagueness to remain.
'I don't know' is an escape.
But
'I don't know'
can also be an admission of ignorance
a show of humility
like a parent saying
'I might not always know'.
a new beginning -
'I don't know yet,
but I'm willing to find out'.
'I don't know' is opening up
to the world of multiple answers
'I don't know'
can as much be a first step
as the last one.
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9 comments:
I don't know what to say, Aku.:-) Except that...
Yeah, to me 'I don't know' is, more often than not - 'I don't know, but hey, tell me!'
beautiful.....esp towards the end....
Oh really its gr8 yaar.....i don know bt i think so....
Lovely !
nice... somehow 'I don't know' has always been the escape route and the end for me :(
great one i should say
"I don't know" if you've kept mail alerts on, and are going to read this or not.
"I don't know" if you're the same Akanksha Thakore of NMs who took part in Mr & Miss MoodI back in 2003 with me.
"I don't know" if it sounds creepy to you, that I still remember you from back then, as I thought you should have won back then. Honest.
If you're the same Akanksha, then you had shown a couple of your poems to me back then, that inspired me to give it a shot too. Probably, thats the reason that I gave google a shot when your name cropped up on my ego-search:
http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~moodi/mi03/results/results2.htm
In any case, you have a lovely blog and I hope you continue writing.
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