The Spot

A blank canvas

Clean and bare

Starts off raw,

Nothing is there.

I start to draw,

Followed by a mistake.

But on canvas

It's hard to erase.

I continue to work

Around the bad spot.

But again I mess up

Or so I had thought.

I take the small mistake

And I work with the spot

Instead of around it

I thought I'd give it a shot

It turned out great.

I was really impressed.

Especially since

I was extremely stressed.

But what I learned

From that little dot

Is that I need to learn

To work with what I got.

Yes, I have problems.

Yes, I make mistakes.

If I didn't I wouldn't be human.

But instead I'd be fake.

I'm learning to accept

The things I wish were gone

Because I can work around them

Or just add on.

Reviews

[Michael Kevin Spencer]

Yes gotta love those spots that make us, ourselves! You illustrated this very well in this piece. A great concept and well executed.

[Coyote Poetry]

"But what I learned
From that little dot
Is that I need to learn
To work with what I got."
Great wisdom in the poem. Life teaches us to do the best we can. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Tasha]

I love this poem, especially this stanza,
"Yes, I have problems.
Yes, I make mistakes.
If I didn't I wouldn't be human.
But instead I'd be fake."

[de_maruf]

fine

[Victorious]

Dear Apatheia,

Hmmm, the only thing that bothered me was the "add on," perhaps I was expecting "move on," but it's fine. Other than that I found this nicely done. I loved how you started off with something that seemed insignifcant and small and rolled it into something that is of value. It is definately relative to the reader as eventually we all must work with what we got and make the best of our days because they are short. Most of all, I can say I have gone through the same realization that I am human.

My favorite lines would have to be, "I take the small mistake/ And I work with the spot /instead of around it/I thought I'd give it a shot," because it shows the craftiness that you have learned and shows a powerful transition.

Sincerely Victorious

God bless