The snowflake

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I sat near the window..
Looking down at the snow and rain..
Does a snowflake has a identity of it's own..
came to my brain..

They originate from the same cloud..
Fall together on the same ground..
Still each maintains their unique strength..
Until they are found..

What if a snowflake started asking
Where am I headed to
And the others tried to show the path but in vain
They touched the ground as the wind blew..

The tiny snowflake was taken afar
It resisted the blow while others did not
It was about to touch my window sill
When I stretched my arm and it could not

It sparkled in my palm before it melted
The beauty it possessed surpassed my senses
A sound came as it fell down to the window sill
I got what I wanted but myself I lost

Unaware that it had to turn into water
it had taken the leap.
Had it known it would share others' fate
It wouldn't have dared to resist

But it dared to believe
That it was extraordinary
Had it held on to that belief when it melted
It would have felt the seed on which it fell emerge out into the world..

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