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.

[Astrid Hamilton]

Paint me as I am,

LOVE.

You are beautiful, Chloe.

Love is what I see,
even when it tries to hide from me,
and I love your use of the color indigo,
my favorite.

You made me smile,
even through tears so much,
as oceans,
today.

[justjenn_2u]

Nice comparison of emotions to colors. I would say your cup is probably half full now, or at least I hope. : ) Very expressive in your word selection. Good job!

[Chad Wesley Allbrett]

Humm, I like the line, "but the crack
paint it the same shade of
if I only knew", that is like the parts of oneself that is hidden even from the self.

[E. M. Murren]

Painting you as you are... is beautiful. Flaws are human judgment ... God doesn't make mistakes, just uniquities. Your uniqueness if exquisite. This work is well done. Many cheers.

[Nicholas Hallows]

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

To be honest, I always prefer plain text over coloured. I believe that our words should be enough on their own to paint the pictures we want. They certainly are here!

NH

[Jason]

I will have to agree with the pretty girl in the featured review...this is my fav of yours...symbolic, beautiful. We are all perfectly imperfect...I loved this one a lot!

[Serendipity]

This is simply amazing.

I thought we were all perfect, without "All the imperfections." But the reailty is many do not take the time to look deep inside where the imperfections, "they are quite obvious." Instead they look at what's on the outside, what ever is obvious "it shines right through." Please take a minute and look deep inside,
"Paint me as I am ... Paint me like me."

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

That sounds a lot like me some days, wonderfully written, Chloe. I always enjoy the stuff you post.

[The Elder Pine]

I love it, its a wonderful piece. You really send a good solid message with this piece. It is a touching cry to the world to be accepted as an individual and to be heard as an importand member of society. I liked the format of this piece, I thought that it was really interesting and refeshing. It was a good change from the norm, and I really enjoyed it. Thank you very much for entering your work in my contest, it is much appreciated.

"
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

[Emma]

This one really got me, I just wanted to shout at the computer screen " yes, that's me, that's how I feel "
Excellent I really love it, x