True Colors

Wear your colors with honesty, and wear your colors proudly.

 

Paint me a picture

With these true colors of yours.

I will not care

Just how it looks

As long as the paints

Flow straight from your heart.

 

Yield me your senses.

Give me your thoughts.

What you say matters.

Just make sure that

It won't be marked false

Because I will hold it in the light until I find it.

 

A little stained

And a little worn

Are to be expected.

I will fix the places

Where you've been torn

If you let me be the artist.

 

My oils can patch your holes.

My own colors will

Make you complete,

But you must show me true colors

So that I know how

To mix and make something of the paint.

 

A bright yellow sun

Becomes a moon

When painted with black color.

So show the color

Which is truly you,

And don't let me mix it darker.

 

I don't care what's in the background

Of your colorful scenery

As long as critics won't define your taste.

I don't care about the mistakes you find

In all the colors of me

So long as you see the truth in my portrait face.

 

June 4, 2011

Reviews

[Everett DeValle]

A very beautiful poem with a beautiful message. Write on.