The Empty Painting Poem by Mwihaki Kahiga

The Empty Painting



There were episodes in my past,
when life was like an empty painting,
where everyone else could see the picture apart from me.
Every time i looked at the beautiful frame,
Its beauty melted and all i could see was the hollow space within it.
Sometimes it was deep and dark,
Sometimes it was just shallow,
Non existent and a lie.

It looked like a deep pit,
Where things went in and were lost forever,
It felt like a hole controlled by a strong force of gravity, in its opposite capacity,
Anything that went in bounced right back.

People said i was beautiful,
Prophets and prophetesses told me i had a great future,
They could see a destiny deep within me,
But all i saw was doom and gloom.

There was nothing good inside the fading frame,
That could form that picture.
But look at me now,
All chubby and bubbly,
I see the colourful picture of a future,
Even when no one else can see it,
I pick the pieces of the frame and join them together in love,
I take the paint brushes and paint,
And the artist in me,
With the help of a greater power within me,
Redo the painting others have said is no more.

I have made it a habit to clean the dust off,
Address the background for the painting to stand out.
Now i know the value of looking on the brighter side,
And believing in me when everyone else has no hope in me.

The painting that is my life is drawn,
And displayed with great lighting around it,
Not just for me to see,
But for anyone who looks at it to have a lasting effect,
And of be influenced in the path that is right.

I have learnt to guard my heart above all things,
To ensure that the inner me,
Has more strength than the outer me,
When the physical me cannot move,
The inner me carries me through by grace.

Do not give up dear ones,
There is a bright future ahead,
For them who focus and keep moving,
Even when the picture is dark and hollow.

Thursday, March 23, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: inspirational
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