Of Bold Colors between Black and White

A brush against my memory,
painting perfect fantasies
where I do what I should have
and kiss who I could have.
Where my dreams are real
and will is strong.
Where miles are minutes
and seconds are kisses.
Where life still takes turns
but bridges never burn.
Where I'm not afraid to take risks
and I learn better the first time.

I have a gallery full,
of hundreds of these paintings.
Where life seems to be better,
where my eyes see the things that are better,
and I find who I was meant to be.

Reviews

[EvilIsRelative]

I believe I can speak for most people when I say that we can all relate. :)

[New Dawn]

you describe a utopia - ' perfect fantasies' - a life where all aspects of life come together in the best possible way. something we all hope for and strive for. great writing it really made me think

[Hidden Happiness]

a beautiful piece....wonderful:-):-D.

[Pi Cee]

Thank you! =)

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"Where life still takes turns
but bridges never burn.
Where I'm not afraid to take risks
and I learn better the first time."

. i love this entire piece but the lines i quoted are my heart's song because of personal reasons ... oh, how i wish ... i would have found myself in time to save my home ... maybe the universe will bless me for wishing earnestly ...

[Pi Cee]

You have been blessed. With beautiful mind, pure and tender heart. If you choose so, you can see life as made of bricks, each memory, decision, wish, thought, it's own building block. Make new ones and eventually you have a new path, built with full person you found yourself to be. You can't undo the past, but you have the choice of deciding your future. Making the best of time can be a blessing, my friend, and time, never stops.

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. thank you for your kind words, my friend ... no one can undo the past ... but sometimes we get a second chance, don't we ? ... i have discovered your poetry thoroughly in my second attempt, haven't i ? ... no one can predict the future ... so, who knows ... there might be a second chance in the future ... i come across many people who tell me not to hope about a second chance and when i ask them for rational evidence to support their advice, they have none ... we have the present moment and all of us do the best we can with it ... the future is always a mystery ... i can't even predict what'll happen tomorrow :) ...

[Pi Cee]

And I think that, not knowing of tomorrow, is one of the most magnificent beauties of life. In my experience, and through this life of mine, I think we can make our own second chances, shine brightly enough inside to attract that past glance just one more time.

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. beautifully said ... i do what i can do to make my second chance and let go ... i love the present moment ... i follow the sun ... every day i start again ... every night i say goodbye to the day gone by ... of course memories arrive ... sometimes torture too ... expectations pop up and torment ... but ultimately i make a conscious effort to not linger in the past or the future ... maybe because i live in a 24-hour cycle / circle ... am not good at planning at all :P ... earlier i use to keep oscillating between the past and the future and miss out on life but not any more ... thanks to poetry ... and not the poetry that i write but the poetry that i read ... i get so absorbed in the present moment thanks to the precious words of the precious poets i read ... that i am able to cherish the present moment :) ...

[Pi Cee]

I know exactly what you mean. If it weren't poetry...or just words, I can't tell you where I'd be.

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. i know :) ... i am so lucky that i have found my way to your words ... thanks a million ... a million times ... my incredibly beautiful, sensitive, poetic, and perceptive friend :) ...

[Pi Cee]

You're very welcome, Serah. But again I must thank you for the beautiful heart you read with, and write with, and leave an everlasting impression on YOUR readers.

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. oh, you're awesome for me :) ...