I Want To Be Like Water

I want to be like water.

Water has a quiet power, an ever-realized presence, a sound with no force, an ability to move and be solid.

If I could be water I would slide through your cracks, inhibit your crevices and then become solid within them.

I would vaporize so that you could breathe me in and taste my smoke.

But

I can’t manipulate water; I am not graceful or flowing.

I am made of flesh and bone that refuses to adapt, refuses to recreate itself.

No matter how much I want it to.

No matter how much I want to become everything that you are.

This stubborn flesh hides my thoughts behind watery eyes, my tongue forbids my speech and again

I wish I were water.

That my words spilled out.

Truth be told I would love to witness their birth, these words.

For I myself don’t know their final form.

Sometimes I feel as though their sheer utterance may keep me from bursting.

I wonder if there is something wrong with me, possible glaring abnormalities, differences that I should be paying attention to.

We.

The two of us.

we are a puzzle with half the pieces missing, as if we took them and shook them and dumped them in the river and now have decided to scour the world in search of their remnants.

They would have been warped by the river, and even if by some miracle we came upon them.

They would not be the things they once were.

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Luck

225 Comments

  1. The ANNEencumbered Words...
    The ANNEencumbered Words... on March 17, 2017 at 10:21 am

    I wish I can be a water too. ? Anyway, that was beautiful! I can feel you when I was reading this. ??? Oh but by the way there should be an *e* in the word breath
    “I would vaporize so that you can breathe me in” ?

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 17, 2017 at 10:56 am

      thanks for sharing 🙂

      Reply
  3. besondersite
    besondersite on March 17, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    Beautifully expressed !! Your posts are always so amazing !!

    Reply
  4. Mãnvî Yâdüvåñshï
    Mãnvî Yâdüvåñshï on March 30, 2017 at 9:13 am

    Hey I am a begginer here
    Can someone tell me what type of material should be written here.Please

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 30, 2017 at 10:55 pm

      Hi Manvi, if you mean in the comments section it’s just whatever you wanna say

      Reply
      • johnnyboy46
        johnnyboy46 on March 31, 2017 at 6:15 pm

        Wow!! That’s is amazing to have the creativity to be water, and to use different elements in which is described for water. So far so good.

        Reply
  5. gurveersab
    gurveersab on March 30, 2017 at 9:15 am

    Beautiful words. Might I add..
    I want to be as thin as water, so that I can do kung fu like Bruce Lee.
    Like a once said.. “Be like water my friend”

    Reply
  7. B.
    B. on March 30, 2017 at 9:35 am

    Magnifique *-*

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 30, 2017 at 10:56 pm

      thanks for reading 🙂

      Reply
  10. parikhitdutta
    parikhitdutta on March 30, 2017 at 10:08 am

    It felt as though somebody were inside my head and narrating out my thoughts to me. Beautifully written. Poignant!

    Reply
  11. djemmand
    djemmand on March 30, 2017 at 10:14 am

    The words are so beautiful and flow so effortlessly just as water. Love the poem 🙂

    Reply
  12. asknwokeforo
    asknwokeforo on March 30, 2017 at 10:23 am

    I really enjoyed the piece….great work??

    Reply
  14. Farahsays
    Farahsays on March 30, 2017 at 10:48 am

    Very careful selection of the words. I wish i were water too and be more adaptable.

    Reply
  15. Mandie Hines
    Mandie Hines on March 30, 2017 at 10:57 am

    Several lovely lines in here, Miri, like “so that you could breathe me in,” and “That my words spilled out.” Well done.

    Reply
  16. Canvas
    Canvas on March 30, 2017 at 10:58 am

    This is too beautiful. So relatable!

    Reply
  17. Ujala
    Ujala on March 30, 2017 at 11:03 am

    Hey! Its wonderful. I wish i was water too. ? water, with the ability to flow and still be solid! Adorable ?.
    Ujala

    Reply
  18. Skyscapes for the Soul
    Skyscapes for the Soul on March 30, 2017 at 11:07 am

    Wow. Amazing. It felt like we were flowing through each other. I imagined you reading it against an almost silent background, just the trickle of a stream.

    Reply
  21. Sankz
    Sankz on March 30, 2017 at 11:44 am

    I loved the thought behind this. 🙂

    Reply
  26. Celebes
    Celebes on March 30, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    And we are water … at least 80% 😉

    Reply
  27. 14doephe
    14doephe on March 30, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Amazing
    That was so inspiring ❤

    Reply
  28. Danny
    Danny on March 30, 2017 at 12:53 pm

    This is brilliant and personal in that way where people can really relate to it even though it’s specific, and yeah, beautiful

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 30, 2017 at 10:59 pm

      thanks so much danny!

      Reply
  32. risingpalak
    risingpalak on March 30, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    The way you look at something so common as water is what amuses me!
    Loved it ❤

    Reply
  34. Suma Fiore
    Suma Fiore on March 30, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    The way you describe water here is brilliant.

    Reply
  35. Twitching Media
    Twitching Media on March 30, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    Next time I make a cup of tea I’ll think of you

    Reply
  36. M
    M on March 30, 2017 at 2:14 pm

    just makes sense, beautifully written.. “If only i could be water, take all the shapes and forms i want”.

    Reply
  37. Mukul chauhan
    Mukul chauhan on March 30, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    That’s really beautiful one ?
    Read mine too

    Reply
  38. Dino
    Dino on March 30, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    What a nice post! I tried to be a water while reading and felt good. Thanks.

    Reply
  39. fondlyemily
    fondlyemily on March 30, 2017 at 2:34 pm

    I LOVE your writing!!!

    Reply
  40. lousmindblog
    lousmindblog on March 30, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    This is the first thing I’ve read here. Now I an both glad to be here and glad I stopped by to read this beautiful poem. I love the part about the puzzle pieces not fitting together after being effected by the water that you so long to be. Beautiful imagery,

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm

      thanks so much 🙂

      Reply
  41. aikaay
    aikaay on March 30, 2017 at 3:31 pm

    It’s a good one. I like?

    Reply
  42. loud101
    loud101 on March 30, 2017 at 4:04 pm

    This is amazing!

    Reply
  45. Zovi :)
    Zovi :) on March 30, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    Wow! This is amazing and I love how beautifully you described water with life 🙂

    Reply
  49. thesoaringbutterfly
    thesoaringbutterfly on March 30, 2017 at 7:42 pm

    Beautiful and rough. I like it, and I also walk away feeling a little raw, as if what is hidden underneath the surface, protected, has been scraped open and exposed. It’s uncomfortable, and yet, it is truth – a painful reality that cannot always be hidden from. Thank you for sharing your words, and your vulnerability.

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 30, 2017 at 11:01 pm

      thanks for your comment, gives me something to think about too 🙂

      Reply
  50. paperstarsweb
    paperstarsweb on March 30, 2017 at 8:22 pm

    The title grabbed me – your writing style is beautiful!

    Reply
  53. san
    san on March 30, 2017 at 10:45 pm

    This is so thoughtful !

    Reply
  54. shruti502
    shruti502 on March 30, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    Immensely beautiful and so well written!Loved the choice of words and the feeling.

    Reply
  55. findyou442
    findyou442 on March 30, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    This is so thoughtful and in-depth.
    You capture your reader so well and i can’t seem to do that, if you have any tips for a rookie like me please feel free to share 🙂

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on March 30, 2017 at 11:07 pm

      write everyday even if it sucks, and post it anyway. Also read Stephen King’s on writing, changed my life 🙂

      Reply
      • findyou442
        findyou442 on March 30, 2017 at 11:17 pm

        Thank you so much for the tips, I will read that and will keep posting.

        Reply
  56. applesmangoes
    applesmangoes on March 30, 2017 at 11:47 pm

    wow, what a great piece! Write like you are slamming a door indeed!! Thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
  59. umaarora19
    umaarora19 on March 31, 2017 at 12:37 am

    ??I wish I were water too?

    Reply
  60. Mãnvî Yâdüvåñshï
    Mãnvî Yâdüvåñshï on March 31, 2017 at 3:20 am

    This post is very nice. I really enjoyed it.
    Please see my post Nostradamus v/s Our society on WordPress too.please

    Reply
  61. Haile
    Haile on March 31, 2017 at 4:11 am

    Nice ♡

    Reply
  68. karthik vijay gopal
    karthik vijay gopal on March 31, 2017 at 12:10 pm

    More than water, the person’s mind which gave those words is beautiful…More than the beautiful mind, water is awesome
    True and beautiful thoughts .. awesome your post was

    Reply
  73. sheetwistedfashion
    sheetwistedfashion on March 31, 2017 at 6:12 pm

    Well written. I wouldn’t never thought like this but I can relate so much!

    Reply
  74. omarportfolio360
    omarportfolio360 on March 31, 2017 at 6:31 pm

    This is amazing. I have been writing poetry since I was in the 9th grade and I got to say that you have skills. I am new to wordpress, but once I get the hang of things I will be sharing some of my poetry. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  75. ashokothary
    ashokothary on April 1, 2017 at 2:24 am

    Superb – The abstract in image form

    Reply
  76. theswordinmars
    theswordinmars on April 1, 2017 at 2:39 am

    The water could even give a reflection…Reflect an emotion emotionally..fight for fight and tears for tears

    Reply
  78. Litty Salas
    Litty Salas on April 1, 2017 at 4:34 am

    Beautifully written and what I liked the most is how I could relate to it so well. Amazing Work!

    Reply
  82. HealthyWorkingMom
    HealthyWorkingMom on April 1, 2017 at 10:38 am

    Gorgeous post. I love the imagery and yes, I want to be like water too.

    Reply
  83. nishkasharma
    nishkasharma on April 1, 2017 at 11:43 am

    ‘Tis amazing??
    I wish i were water?
    Anyways please do read my very first blog http://nishkasharma.wordpress.com
    If you like it please do let me know.
    And I hope you will keep giving us such amazing blogs.

    Reply
  84. mick25117
    mick25117 on April 1, 2017 at 11:45 am

    Beautiful expression of thought and feeling! Water is relaxing and deep both therapeutic and dangerous yet mysterious. Water is what we possess alot of within us http://wp.me/p5IK2v-1D

    Reply
  86. Nemo
    Nemo on April 1, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    Wonderful… Nothing more can be said.. 🙂

    Reply
  89. Paula Antonello Moore
    Paula Antonello Moore on April 1, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    Wow! Rarely do I come out and declare I LOVE a poem but this is fantastic! You caught me the title. Beautiful!

    Reply
  90. Melanie Dhar
    Melanie Dhar on April 1, 2017 at 3:16 pm

    This is brilliant! I love your writing style.

    Reply
  93. celestialk1
    celestialk1 on April 2, 2017 at 2:05 am

    This made me feel like I wanted to be like water, too, from the first sentence. Why aren’t we water?!? 🙂 Great job.

    Reply
  94. celestialk1
    celestialk1 on April 2, 2017 at 2:06 am

    Reblogged this on celestialk1 and commented:
    After reading this, I question why we aren’t water (although our body is made up of lots of water)… I share the same poetic views, and I would love to be like water, too. <3

    Reply
  95. anshisaxena
    anshisaxena on April 2, 2017 at 3:07 am

    After reading this..I want to be water too! Awesome post…even 1000 likes are less..hope to see more..good luck?????

    Reply
  98. abdulrijiyarlemo
    abdulrijiyarlemo on April 2, 2017 at 9:30 am

    Talking about flexibility. yeah this is fabulous expression. nice to see more again.

    Reply
  99. booksporn
    booksporn on April 2, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    wow ! now I desire to be like water

    Reply
  104. smokinjoefraz93
    smokinjoefraz93 on April 3, 2017 at 2:37 am

    Awesome! I’m sure Bruce Lee said something about being like water or something among them lines. ?

    Reply
  105. allena88
    allena88 on April 3, 2017 at 4:11 am

    Absolutely stunning!!! I had goosebumps while reading it!

    Reply
    • SOUL JA
      SOUL JA on April 3, 2017 at 12:50 pm

      INDEED IT’S A GREAT READ. I NEVER REALLY HAD MUCH TIME FOR POETRY, BUT THIS ONE CAPTURED MY ATTENTION. PLUS I REALLY LOVE THE PICTURE; EXCELLENT CHOICE.
      GOD BLESS YOU
      (angel)(angel)(angel)(angel)(angel)

      Reply
  106. suryakant yadav social worker
    suryakant yadav social worker on April 3, 2017 at 10:36 am

    जल ही जीवन है,और हमे जिन्दा रहने के लिए इसे बचाना हमारा कर्तब्य है,
    water is life, if should live life then save to water

    Reply
  107. Jane Love
    Jane Love on April 3, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    Beautiful.
    Just beautiful.
    Bravo.

    Reply
  109. Malika
    Malika on April 3, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    Whenever I read something like this.. It reminds me of what a shitty writer I am.
    This is amazing.. 🙂

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on April 4, 2017 at 10:27 am

      the only truly shitty writers are the ones who don’t do it 😉

      Reply
  110. anilgalgalirti
    anilgalgalirti on April 3, 2017 at 3:15 pm

    Water, Water and Water. It’s fact of everyone life.

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on April 4, 2017 at 10:27 am

      thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  115. garnaikarundhati
    garnaikarundhati on April 4, 2017 at 12:25 am

    Hi. I loved your style of writing. Your writing is actually like water. You blended your expressions so beautifully with the element. Your emotions flowed like water. It had the pain of a teardrop and the chill of ice too. Would love to read more. ?

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on April 4, 2017 at 10:28 am

      thank you! I’ve got about 100 posts on here so there’s plenty more to read 🙂

      Reply
  118. Niti
    Niti on April 4, 2017 at 10:41 am

    Beautiful ?

    Reply
  119. johny
    johny on April 4, 2017 at 11:22 am

    Lol! Great though

    Reply
  120. Tenzin YW
    Tenzin YW on April 4, 2017 at 2:09 pm

    I like to be water after reading this and then I can be what I want and flow where I want to. Creative piece of writing. Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply
  123. Jamye
    Jamye on April 5, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Beautiful. ☺️

    Reply
  124. Ion
    Ion on April 5, 2017 at 9:54 pm

    “I wish I were water.
    That my words spilled out.”
    Such lovely words, I could only wish I had written them 😀
    I rarely follow blogs on WordPress, but your writing is just amazing. <3

    Reply
  126. George Sunday
    George Sunday on April 6, 2017 at 4:38 am

    Actually, we are like water. We don’t have form, reasons; you see yourself different from how anybody sees you and which is different from how another person sees you. We are dynamic and I love it.

    Reply
  128. Scholar Herbalist
    Scholar Herbalist on April 6, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Never stop expressing yourself, it’s vital to a healthy emotional, mental, and spiritual self. Plus you do a wonderful job doing so. It’s very inspiring for others like myself ?

    Reply
  130. jimtgammill
    jimtgammill on April 7, 2017 at 1:06 am

    Very well done.
    I especially liked the part about breathing in the smoke.
    Great pacing.
    Very visceral 🙂

    Reply
  131. landingamongststars
    landingamongststars on April 7, 2017 at 8:42 am

    Incredibly beautiful and powerful imagery. You are so talented! I honestly aspire to this level of poetic talent 🙂

    Reply
  134. Theresa Arnold
    Theresa Arnold on April 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    This is a beautiful poem! I love the second stanza, “If I could be water I would slide through your cracks, inhibit your crevices and then become solid within them.” We all have a need to be loved completely and wholly and consume others minds and hearts fully. It’s just as important to experience being filled this way by another person. It’s a part of living and experiencing life to its fullest in its greatest joy.

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on April 7, 2017 at 5:42 pm

      Thanks Theresa,
      Interestingly enough I looked at this more from an “obsession” angle rather than a true romantic love. But I always find it so cool to see how different people’s interpretations are from what I thought of when I wrote it, it’s the best part. 🙂

      Reply
  135. Scrapbookjourneys
    Scrapbookjourneys on April 7, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    Lovely poem ?
    Captivatiing from beginning to end…and so relatable…
    I’d never thought of water this way….yet I felt it every step of the way. Wow.
    Interesting!

    Reply
  136. rdsv
    rdsv on April 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm

    Reblogged this on Scorpio Soul Search and commented:
    “No matter how much I want to become everything that you are”
    This poem by Miri Elm in ‘A Short conversation’ captures the essence of possessiveness and how much obsession to hold everything of the other person is desired, to an extent that can be considered crazy. Read and you will know

    Reply
  137. rdsv
    rdsv on April 7, 2017 at 11:04 pm

    You have written the feelings so effortlessly and brought out the feelings of one’s obsession about another and the craving to possess all of it. Reblogged it in vinrama.wordpress.com hope you don’t mind 🙂 thanks

    Reply
  138. Gaurav. G
    Gaurav. G on April 8, 2017 at 1:40 am

    Hi, your poetry seems very natural and from the heart. I am also a writer and poet who write from the heart. You can check my work too on http://www.saintmonk.com.
    I am following you for my future writings.
    Thanks and follow me back if possible.

    Reply
  142. JL
    JL on April 9, 2017 at 9:57 am

    Nice?

    Reply
  143. Enea
    Enea on April 9, 2017 at 2:36 pm

    Beautiful ?

    Reply
  145. junie
    junie on April 9, 2017 at 9:16 pm

    Love it!

    Reply
  151. jemehlee
    jemehlee on April 12, 2017 at 2:33 am

    This is so good. So moving and clear, yet there’s a hint of mystery. I think you successfully spill words out really well, but probably not the ones you intended.

    Reply
  152. thecoughsyrupguyx
    thecoughsyrupguyx on April 13, 2017 at 9:52 am

    Oh my god, how I can relate to this. I have always wanted to be like water. Amazing read and perspective. Give my blog a read fellow bloggers? Sorry I am new to the community. 🙂

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on April 18, 2017 at 2:27 pm

      thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Obaid
        Obaid on April 18, 2017 at 2:33 pm

        you’re welcome, I really enjoyed readi

        Reply
      • Obaid
        Obaid on April 18, 2017 at 2:33 pm

        you’re welcome, I really enjoyed reading it.

        Reply
  155. Obaid
    Obaid on April 18, 2017 at 12:42 am

    Amazing words, I can 100% relate to this.

    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on April 19, 2017 at 11:12 am

      thanks so much for sharing!

      Reply
  160. Crystal
    Crystal on April 23, 2017 at 2:55 pm

    Beautiful poetry–love the comparison of self to water!

    Reply
    • Mela
      Mela on May 13, 2017 at 6:45 pm

      Me too!

      Reply
  161. indiesonglyrics
    indiesonglyrics on April 26, 2017 at 4:16 pm

    This is beautiful!
    It reminds me of a question my friend asked the other day. She said ‘if you could bend any element what would it be’ and I said water with no hesitation. There’s something so magical about it.
    Lovely post Xx

    Reply
  162. Ransom A.
    Ransom A. on May 1, 2017 at 5:19 am

    I really connected with this poem! You are a very skilled and passionate writer, keep up the great work! 🙂

    Reply
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    Reply
    • Miri Elm
      Miri Elm on May 15, 2017 at 11:45 am

      thank you 🙂 glad you stumbled upon my little corner of the interwebs.

      Reply
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    veiledsnowflake on June 1, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Beautiful writing after such a long time. Mesmerising.

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  167. aieva
    aieva on June 16, 2017 at 7:53 am

    So beautiful

    Reply
  171. Amalia Mehlig
    Amalia Mehlig on October 18, 2017 at 8:52 pm

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    Stacia Spiry on October 19, 2017 at 4:39 am

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  173. Darnell Plymale
    Darnell Plymale on October 20, 2017 at 4:46 am

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  174. carolebugge
    carolebugge on November 26, 2017 at 3:04 pm

    Really nice poem – I think this is an awesome premise. If you don’t mind a suggestion, I’d single space and lose all those periods! Nice work, though – you’re a talented writer.

    Reply
  175. Arsalan Afroz
    Arsalan Afroz on June 27, 2019 at 8:09 am

    As a fellow self-proclaimed poet, I’m impressed by your mastery over words. Coincidentally, the words of this poem themselves flow like water, a peculiar yet fascinating similarity. I wish you all the best.

    Reply

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