Paint Me As I Am

a poem

Paint me as I am
All the imperfections
Do you see them?
I mean, really, they are quite obvious
so paint them a shade of
grey

Paint me as I am all the consellations

I was runner up in the game of life

Never the winner

So paint them a hue of

if I only knew


Paint me as I am
Silliness
shyness
The shyness may not show so well
still
it's there
As for the silliness
it shines right through
So paint them a hue of
blue

Paint me as I am

All the love inside

I gave it away

You took it for granted

Sucked it up

Now I'm a half empty cup

Paint them a color of

sorrow

One you may have to borrow

if

It's not in your pallette


Paint me as I am
All the passion
joy
The happiness
once so apparent
Paint them a shade that is
transparent

Paint me as I am

The

sadness

insecurities

regerts

remorse

the losses

they hurt so hard

so paint them the

deepest hue of blackish blue


Paint me as I am
A heart as big as the Texas sky
Yet as empty as yesterdays coffee cup
Paint my heart many colors
but the crack
paint it the same shade of
if I only knew

My heart paint it

red

pink

purple

indigo

because it was once

alive

vibrant


Paint me as I am
Paint me like me
Tell me, what do you see






 

Author's Note

This is a poem i wrote about five years ago .. i was depressed.. it does not look like the original which had some colored text and a different format.. too bad

Reviews

[Bubo]

Fabulous
love the layout and comparisons
to your heart and all the hurt inside......

We tend to see so many emotions in
colours but always the heart red and
our moods many different ones.........
its amazing when we think that colours
represent so much in our hearts.

Very sad piece though.

[Blackbirdsong]

I remember this one and I think I love it more now - without the colored text - than I did before. It's really a wonderfully written poem. I love how the images and descriptions trickle down to the final question of "what do you see?" It shows that we are not just one color, but many and those colors can change as we change. :)

[bluessadmood]

yes this is nice ,its nice to read old works ,it shows how much you have matured,but still i never thought it as one of your first writings its full of wise nice words ,so it seems you made your way clear since the beginning ,great work

[Vatsayayana]

What I see? :) :) :)
Is a strong, powerful, vibrant, passionate woman who encompasses, embraces the rainbow colors, from all walks of life. Your history, your heritage, who you are... is written upon you. A Master painter has carved into you, bled into you, covered you with an allotment of power. Each word you speak a new color emerges.
Beautifully done. Beautifully scripted. I love reading writings that are old from a writer. It shows how you've changed, grown... what you were thinking, Once Upon A Time.
Beautiful write. Brava!

[Jaismith]

Only the extroadinarily lucky don't have the colour of sorrow on their pallette. This is a very moving piece.

[ELii]

Very well written. I love that you use paint in writing. I can relate to this piece. I always refer to myself as a painted mess. Very passionate write. I love the picture too, it is on deviant art.

[Stephanie McCants]

Very Well written and I enjoyed the way you changed the spacing and typing formatt to fit the moods of the verse at hand Very creative and inspiring. Depression is an affliction we all face especially artistic individuals I know I battle with my roller coaster of emotions each day. Your poem is beautiful thanks so much for sharing this piece of yourself.

[Danielle Asher]

i like that you did not recolor the poem. I think it is cool being colorless when it speaks of all these colors. leaves more for the imagination. I think it is a really nice poem the way it takes you through color as emotion but forces you to stretch yourself to visualize it.
the depression is okay. I like the depth of it. Though I am sorry if any hard times are back again. Hopefully the writing helps you through. And revisiting older works is always a pleasure to see how far we have grown and changed.

peace and love,
D

[None]

Your poem is so unique and special. I love the whole poem and especially.....
"Paint me as I am
A heart as big as the Texas sky
Yet as empty as yesterdays coffee cup
Paint my heart many colors
but the crack
paint it the same shade of
if I only knew
My heart paint it..."
Your emotional biography may be painted in these words. If so, paint it as gorgeous as you are!!
Wonderfully written and beautiful!

[thecoolone52]

another smashing poem by you..... very emotional and a bit girly but still good.... poems need to be a bit dramatic at times.... Bright write......... nice job

[Tania Leigh]

"Paint them a color of
sorrow
One you may have to borrow
if
It's not in your pallette"

Chloe, these lines stood out for me the most, but oh! What an incredible poem this is!
"Paint me as I am"......a challenge issued at that state when depression causes sorrow to manifest itself
as anger.....

..... or indifference:
"So paint them a hue of if I only knew"

..... or wistfulness for things past:
"The happiness
once so apparent
Paint them a shade that is
transparent"

True poetry here. This is going directly into favourites.