Portrait

You are amazing. You are beautiful. You are one and only. Its okay to be inspired by someone and to follow them but its necessary that when you do so, you don"t leave your originality behind.

We all began like an empty canvas; plain white and spotless.

Time and age fills mesmerizing colors; radiant, new and clueless.

Unknown to the shades we carry, we begin to admire hue that we can see.

We try and blend with those others, hoping to look amazing as they be.

Their kind of mix then amasses in a corner forming black spot of darkness and doubt.

The realization hits with time and we again start wandering about.

At the end we all hang as portraits of our own.

Briefing all the adventures life to us has shown.

Learn to adore your own colors to beam with pride and shine.

Then the dark that once prevailed will turn to a peaceful shrine.

 

Author's Note

Is it relatable?

Reviews

[Pushkar Prabhat]

beautiful.........
very relatable.........and true........
we are all blank canvases.......some colours we spill......some thrown at us........and that's how we are made.......a unique painting.....portrait of ourselves.......

great write.....
loved it!!!!
:)

[Aishwarya Kamath]

thanks a ton :) xoxo

[Pushkar Prabhat]

you are welcome!!!!! :) :)

[Adam Adams]

Very unique & mesmerising poetry it is. It certainly speaks the PORTRAIT of life -- the life that's lived with so many conceptualisation of worldliness. Great job!

[indranet]

It is very easy to relate to. A universal experience summarized beautifully.

Perhaps this line; "Their kind of mix then amasses in a corner forming black spot of darkness and doubt." could somehow be condensed to emphasize the rhyme.