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.

[Ghiasquared]

The color of life painted in verse always sits well with me. I find no difference in the pictures on canvass than the ones in ink and love when they interplay in verse.

[Anata]

wonderful rythm and an amazing poem!
I like all the comparisons with the colors, the way you have put the stanza's centered is amazingly fitting, and the poem itself is brilliant!
Paint me as i am, a difficult job, even to do so yourself.
Very amazing!

[Jon]

Superb Chloe - this just got better and better and better - and it seems to me that all of those things are what make us what we are and to be painted as you are is the best way you could be painted.

"Paint them a color of

sorrow

One you may have to borrow

if

It's not in your pallette"

Class - such an elequant way to condemn someone's lack of remorse.


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

That line is sooooooooo good - and you continue this consistently throughout the piece - each and every colour representing perfectly the trait or emotion that it conveys. Bravo!

[DOMI']

I like this poem, colours as a way to express emotions, feelings. I work a lot with colours and i do often try to catch my emotions in colours. very nice the presentation of the words. interesting to see what kind of feeling people have and what colour they would like to represent them in a painting. If you don't find anyone that wants to paint you i will be please to be the one if you wish. Anyway, i like your poem, and i really liked the use of colours.
Good work and thanks a lot,
love, Dom xxx

[Natalie C]

Omg Chloe, such a perfect "painting" filled with a magical spectrum of colors. I love everything about this piece, from the colors used to all the vivid images which makes this piece even more special.

I am sorry to hear that you are a little sad, hope you are feeling better by now. A big hug to you my friend.

[Z.Silas]

breathtaking and I don't just throw words around like that, very moving.

[Brother Wolf]

You are a soul of many colors, Chloe. No canvas is worthy of you. If I were to paint you I would have to gesso the lcouds and the results would be a rinbow.

[Miranda]

i see beauty deep inside
the color of angels wings
flirting in the sun
that is what i see in you
my sweet riend
and thank you
for all you have done.

[Crystal L. Test]

I'm sorry to see that you're feeling so sad, Chloe. This was very self-relfecting and introspective. I'm not sure if you are seeing, within yourself, what we all see in you, however. I thought Fabian's review was more of a true likeness. You are much more vibrant than any of the colors you have you used to describe yourself. I see someone who is kind, considerate and a friend to all of those around her. If you're like that on a website, I'm more than sure that you're like that in real life. Realtionships can be exhausting. There are people in this world than can suck the virtual life out of us. In your case, I don't think your resources are to be depleted so easily. Here were my favorite lines as I feel we see a glimpse into your true self:

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

Great job and thanks for sharing.

[~Sorcha~]

I lvoe this. It is so beautiful, and so painful. This speaks so openly about things so many people would never tell. The words, the vivid pictures you paint with them; this is just so wonderful. I can not find the right words to describe this, and I probably never will. This is absolutely wonderful and amazing and beautiful and everything. Truly.