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.

[Phillip J Clayton]

i see you looking in wards, disecting your flaws in order to accept your self, as your self.
i deffinately love the read, it went well right through, very strong poem, cheers chloe ;)

[Dashiell Paulson]

Perhaps you should write more poetry when feeling melancholy lol
The language was creative and the format inventive. This was a pleasure to read :D

[P.J. Sebastianus]

My God! This poem came from the imagination of you Chleo, A goddess of poetry. I loved it with sucj intensity because I believe its how all people feel, wanting people to judge them. Thats human nature, we want to know what other people think, even if we say we don't care. Your poemcaptured the thoughts of us all. Its deserving of a high reward. However I am no one of significance and so I can only give it kudos. BILLIONS UPON TRILLIONS OF KUDOS FOR THIS GORGEOUS, BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT POEM!!!!!!!!! Yup. I am looking forward to your next piece.
with hearts, Sebastian

[Helen Woodward]

I know what I see Chloe...And it's all good! Sorry you're feeling blue enough to write this piece.
Blue is the colour of so many in the cafe that's why I'm running the "Happy Day" contest, I thought it might encourage people to embrace happiness.
This is a wonderful poem with imaginative structure and content, you can feel justly proud of your ever-changing work xx

[* Mourning Starr *]

Wow is all I have to say probably one of your best works Chloe, I loved it , very touching....

[Pamela]

A spiritual rainbow. Lovely.

[Emily B]

Your feeling of longing was evident even before I read the description (I always save it 'til last). I felt your melancholy. Your words were imbued with the emotion. Very well described.

[V]

Chloe,
This reads like a painting, and there is so much in colours that we absorb without even thinking about it. The way you did this, certainly for me, created a very emotional piece. One that was beautiful and heartfelt in many ways.
I enjoyed this so much, especially the 'made up' colours...

So paint them a hue of
if I only knew
&
Paint them a colour of
sorrow

Clearly one of my favourites. Paint me as I am... Even the title is great, it is the truthful, upfront... take me as I am... and that is: truly gorgeous.
Well done!
V.

[Crazy Cat Man]

I love this piece my favorite from u. :)