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.

[Dead Angel]

wow!! this poem was great. the use of colors to symbolize emotions you have experienced was phenomenal. thanx for sending this my way, i really enjoyed this. :)

[Crystal]

sorry i didn't see this earlier! this is wonderful! i really, really enjoyed this piece :) sounds really good out loud, too- i think this is my favorite piece of yours- yeah, this is pretty much awesome and i'm glad you posted it... not much else i can say since it seems that everyone on writer's cafe has reviewed this already! again, sorry i didn't see this till just now- this is really awesome!
*crystal*

[B. Lapinski]

interesting write.....sounds nice when spoken

[Kimberly]

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


I love this. I think so far one of the best reads.

[MistyJRose]

Great Poem. I like how you use the colors as a way to describe how you feel in each of the stanzas. I think you did an excellent job with this piece.

[Suffer Heart Gish]

Oh man.. I want to say so much about this piece but all I can say is I absolutely love it! It's beautiful, it's charming, it's artsy. There's this rawness of vulnerability and tender-hearted openess. It makes your heart go out to the writer almost instantly.

[Zane Mathias]

wow i love this. well pout together and i feel a bond to this piece. :)

[Noel]

I really love the use of color to visualize feelings. It's funny though how people's own feelings can cloud their view of others... "Tell me, what do you see" - I think this would be more telling of the person answering the question.

My fave part is:

Paint them a color of
sorrow
One you may have to borrow
If
It's not in your pallette

Very lovely writing... as always, Chloe!

N xo

[Lovely Mistake]

i see a very individualize person with ALOT of talen. i couldn't write like this even in my wildest dreams. i REALLY like it.

[Princess Pink]

Interesting indeed. The colors of a person, of a world, and of all the things in the universe. We are colored as the colors of our own. Somehow, a person needs the other to see what colors he held, and knowing how well the other shall view this person as who or what in their eyes.

"Paint me as I am... and I shall be what your eyes would see."

Heh, that's just a reply from me to you :) Have a great day, Chloe!

EC. :)