You don’t have to be today,
Whoever you thought you were yesterday.
The painting you started last night,
Doesn’t have to end how you thought it might,
It can go in any direction you desire,
You are new today, you are new every hour.
Weak, scared, tough or rough,
Someone who couldn’t do enough.
Whoever you have been until now,
You were that only until now,
Now is a new moment and in this moment so are you,
Choose the colors you like and paint yourself anew.
You can make yourself from scratch
Or fix yourself with a little patch.
Change always happens in one decisive moment,
And this could be that moment.
The painting so far is but a background now,
If you were someone you didn’t like, Change. You know how.
-N
Photographer unknown
Poetry © Copyright 2017, Opinionated Head
July 26, 2017 at 1:52 pm
Beautiful. I choose to paint myself yellow….. xx
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July 27, 2017 at 6:22 am
Do that, be a bold shades of yellow like the sunshine, a ray of hope, full of light, warmth, and growth. 🙂
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July 27, 2017 at 6:28 am
❤️
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July 26, 2017 at 2:38 pm
Oh.. loved it so much. It’s beautifully written. Every word well placed and every emotion at exact point. You motivated me, thank you so much. Keep writing and sharing. ❤
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July 27, 2017 at 6:23 am
Thank you for your kind words Ayushi, they mean a lot. Stay motivated and have a good day.
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July 26, 2017 at 4:05 pm
Superb write up… and yes ..yes.. yes.. because our universe is changing constantly! 🙂
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July 27, 2017 at 6:26 am
Yes!!! The universe is constantly changing, a very good point to add, Raj. Thank you 🙂
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July 27, 2017 at 11:47 am
Be your own artist…. Very true… In love with this❤❤❤❤
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August 3, 2017 at 7:11 am
Thank you Neha, I am glad!
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July 27, 2017 at 12:22 pm
N! You paint intensity with so much beauty in pushing the boundary. The flow comes like a storm and drags the soul towards the ultimate truth, beautifully gelling with the mind blowing picture.
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August 3, 2017 at 7:13 am
Thank you Vishal, Your words are moving and motivating!
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July 28, 2017 at 6:20 pm
Beautiful piece! We, as human beings, tend to underestimate just how ‘thermoplastic’ our reality truly is; as such, we have an amazing ability to mold and/or reshape our ‘now’. But before we can do so we must learn to live in that ‘now’. And that means setting aside all our preconceived notions, all our self-imposed barriers and all our needs to dwell in the past and/or worry about the future. Let go of the minutiae and allow yourself to just exist in the here and now! Amazing things can happen when we do so..!
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August 3, 2017 at 7:16 am
I believe that…or I want to. It takes some time and discipline to get from darkness to light, I am working on it and I hope in doing so I can inspire others to do the same.
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August 4, 2017 at 3:26 pm
You sound like a poetic Buddha!! You paint impermanence marvelously! Beautiful work!
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August 4, 2017 at 5:32 pm
Wow…Thank you! That’s awfully kind of you.
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August 4, 2017 at 5:32 pm
You are very, very welcome to both. Thank you for your poetry! You have me smiling and inspired!
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August 4, 2017 at 5:35 pm
That means a lot, makes it all worth it. Keep smiling 🙂
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August 11, 2017 at 11:14 am
I like that painting. 🙂
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August 12, 2017 at 5:47 am
Me too 🙂
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