Nupur Chaturvedi

[Title hat tip: Ek main aur ek tu]

I am an average person, I am
The traffic doesn’t stop for me,
Jaws don’t drop when I enter the room,
I have trouble fitting in my jeans sometimes,
There is no quiet brilliance nor infectious vivacity,
I don’t silence arguments with a one-line flourish,
I haven’t backpacked the world of experience,
Nor can I converse effortlessly about everything
My job isn’t perfect, stretching me to exasperation at times,
Nor have I that elusive love of my life by my side,
There are a million wishes ahead and few achievements behind.

And yet, I don’t bore people to death,
Nor am I a sore sight for eyes,
I can put two and two together,
And there are some who even call me intelligent,
I can clean up well from time to time,
I have family with little drama,
Have friends close enough to be family,
It’s a simple life, a decent life,
It’s not one they will make movies about,
But it’s pretty darned good!

What I ask you, though, is this,
Ordinary or extraordinary,
Isn’t everyone the centre of their own universe?
Average or outstanding, or even below par,
There one thing you can always claim to be–unique!
And that alone makes you perfect. That alone makes me perfect