A flaw in this picture perfect
The colors seem to conflict
What color shall I highlight??
I know not what is right
When I dab some soft yellow
You say it is too mellow
So many shades of the color blue
You feel none are the right hue
Will bright green do the trick??
From the colors take your pick
Violet orange or maybe indigo
Which one shall make it glow??
It is always your say.
I have no role to play
So make the conflict go away
Color it your own way…
-Shail Mohan (June 2008)
Reposted from shail-mohan blogs @ sulekha.com
Colors and shades… ummm each one of us like different colors & shades rit? The one that looks perfect for you may not look perfect for the others. So, to make the conflict go away, it’s always better to color it their own way!
Bubbly, it is always better to color it the way both like. When it does not happen…. Is there any other way??
May I offer an opinion about conflicts in color? We just had
one of our bathrooms renovated and repainted (last two weeks plus, just finished today) Wife picked wall color. My greatest joy could never be in another color I liked better. My only joy is knowing that any color that she wanted had my total support even before I saw it.
Aother function of poetry, Shail is that it presents different perspectives. I’m learning, my friend.
Another great poem.
Thanks for sharing.
I figured out the perspective thing from your explanatory comment to Bubbly.
I may be slow, but by leaving early I usually get there.
VERY NICE, GRAPHIC, HRP!!!
delete comma between nice and graphic PLEASE
Bob, great to know that you support Chris’ choice of colors, literally and figuratively!!
Thank you for liking this one.
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Do I detect an edginess in the last few lines?
Maybe it’s the way I am reading it now, in the midst of some hectic running around
Lol.
Another lovely lovely rhyming poem, Shail!
You have The Gift. That is for sure
Me: You surmised right
Thanks Usha
like Ushus has said it quite perceptively..so much in those last lines isn’t it?
loved this one..the colors can be varied or barely any at all…what matters is the harmony that underlies them..without it the most beautiful colour would be too harsh to see..