on that canvas
I blindly paint away
my fears on it
the pictures that emerge is beyond me
you are jolted by it
and try to snatch it
I hold on to it ignoring your pleas
to throw it away
I walk out with my canvas
leaving you behind
unknowingly I stripped you bare,
seeing you for what you are
in my mind's eye
Gautami,
ReplyDeleteClearly shows how you come to know true innerself of a person when he or she tries to make you do what he or she feels is right and not what you feel is right. Very well worded.
Take care
It can often be a revelation.
ReplyDeleteI love the feel of this, great lines. I would think that if you change emerges to emerge it would flow better.
ReplyDeletehi Gautami, yes.. its like you've painted a revelation in your canvas, a true picture of self/one dear...
ReplyDeletePainting fears to make them run away, seeing with mind's eye..well, Heart's eye still may have the last laugh.. Gautami a salute to the wonderful thinker in you.. And thanks for visiting me..do visit again..
ReplyDeleteI see what a painter thinks when thinks about his painting. Well done.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Ralf
There's a touch of the eternal here, the writer and the painter intertwined with the everlasting!
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Good job. It does often take another by surprise when we see their true self.
ReplyDeleteCould it be that the painter is a poet in disguise? I loved the thought of stripping the other bare by simply writing weightless words on a page.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how it compares to the subject's self-portrait...?
ReplyDeleteGautami, that is very thought provoking and well written!
ReplyDeleteI used to paint, so this resonated with me. We can capture so much on canvas. Or with words.
ReplyDelete...the way we paint a person's mental image and we cling to it in spite of being told that "this is not who I really am" or "you don't know me".
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Gautami - love it and can relate to it and its emotions.
What a very interesting idea you managed to flesh out into a lovely poem!
ReplyDeleteA painting of our insides would be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteto paint an inner person is a scary thing - excellent!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of blindly painting using the mind's eye. Nice!
ReplyDelete"pictures that emerge ... beyond me" -- i like how you've captured that the artistic process has a mind of its own sometimes! and we're often just a conduit for it.
ReplyDeleteHello Gautami! What everybody else has already said! Good work! Nice to visit you again.
ReplyDeleteGood post. I also liked the idea of painting fears on the canvas!
ReplyDeletethis is a great picasso perspective g... nakedness can be daunting as well as revealing
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