Lucilla Carrillo Poet Free verse

Color Me

Color me white, or color me black. Color
me brown, or color me red. Color me 
yellow, but color me to be just me.

Color me anyway you want. You are the 
artist, you know what to do, just capture 
my beauty and let it show through.

My beauty is not on the outside for everyone 
to see. My beauty comes from within and 
few people have seen.

Color me with the colors that you so much
love to use and when people see this painting,
they will see themselves in me.

The people will ask you - why did you put so
many colors on me and you will tell them - because
the beauty I did see.

The painting is now finished, the artist has done 
his job. A painting of many colors, that he is very 
proud of.

The colors bring beauty to the painting on the 
wall, but if we were all colored blind - we wouldn't
see any colors at all...

Copyright: written by
Lucilla M. Carrillo

Comments:

I wrote this poem because through out life 
I have seen a lot of injustice done, because
of who we are , or where we came from. We
did not choose to be who we are, or where
we came from. God chose that for us. I don't
think God made a mistake when He made us.
He had His reasons. We are who we are, that
can never be changed. We live in this world.
We are God's Race...

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Suzanne C. Goudreau October 18, 2014 at 3:24 PM A lovely insprational piece. Sometimes in life, I see no color....then i jump over this phase and look closer again and regain the color! A moving read my friend! Moving!

Jan Allison October 3, 2014 at 10:56 AM 'My beauty is not on the outside for everyone to see. My beauty comes from within and few people have seen'. Wise wise words from a wonderful lady. RIP Lucy we miss you my friend:-( Hugs to you in heaven Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich October 2, 2014 at 9:56 PM LUcilla, I am missing you tonight, seeing your mail in my mailbox. I don't even remember how I answered your last mail!! If you can see down from heaven, I hope you know I am thinking of you and that I enjoyed seeing again this poem that PD says was your favorite one you wrote. love, andrea

Poet Destroyer A September 30, 2014 at 10:17 AM Thank you Lucy, for sharing yourself with us all.... Love you, LINDA

Wilfred Aniagyei June 24, 2014 at 10:04 AM Love how it ended........ beautiful and down to earth....... Enjoyed!!! Lucilla Carrillo June 24, 2014 at 10:25 AM Wilfred; Thank you for reading my poem. I had a very bad experience the day I wrote this poem. I am glad you enjoyed it. I will visit with you later. I just got out of the hospital.

Richard Lamoureux June 9, 2014 at 10:29 AM I'm glad you directed me, when God painted you he chose lovely colors. Lucilla Carrillo June 9, 2014 at 11:45 AM Thanks for reading. If people of all races got along with each other, this would be a better world.

Andrea Dietrich July 26, 2013 at 11:33 PM came way back here to tell you: I met my prince once upon a time but never had the chance to know if it would have worked out. But I never got to be a princess.

Abdulhafeez Oyewole April 19, 2013 at 7:34 AM Thank you very much for referring me to this brilliant write. Thanks for stopping by my "person of colour". Finally Lucilla, thanks so much for adding that note to the piece. It meant a lot to me... Colour me~A.O

Timothy Hicks March 22, 2013 at 12:06 AM This teaches me to be grateful for what I have (especially that last stanza about not seeing ANY colors...) Each color has it's time and it's place and none is more beautiful than the other. Beautiful message and you've written it in a way that captivates me. Adding this to my faves!

Toquyen Harrell March 19, 2013 at 8:57 PM Beautiful, Lucilla. I love it. May we all see what God sees. Great one!

Andrea Dietrich December 7, 2012 at 11:26 PM I really love your concept on this one. VERY nice. I greatly enjoyed it.

Vicky Tsiluma November 11, 2012 at 12:24 AM 'Color me to be just me' - that's amazing, a phrase not to be forgotten. I like how you've used the artist to illustrate the theme because in the end we are the ones who paint out what we see in others. Beautifully written Lucilla!

Justcallme Britt June 3, 2012 at 6:05 PM You posted this on my birthday!!! This is SO heartwarming and I thank you for pointing me to this poem. This is in my fav's now. A reminder that this is who God has created me to be. <3 Lucilla Carrillo June 4, 2012 at 4:49 PM You got it girl. i am glad that you liked it. Many blessings to you. Lucilla

Elizabeth Wesley March 27, 2012 at 9:37 AM I'll color you dear with introspection! You heighten the sense of color to give life a new and fresh meaning. Luv, Lizzie

Anne-Lise Andresen March 25, 2012 at 10:38 AM Lovely poem Lucilla, wish you all the best.Have a lovely Sunday. - oxox Anne-Lise

Rocky Swartzfager March 22, 2012 at 11:06 PM Greet poem, I too think that all to often people are judged by their appearance. It's a sad truth of this world, but I hope it will fade. "We are God's Race..." one of the greatest things I've ever read.

M. Hussain Effendi March 22, 2012 at 2:54 AM You've made a very serious and important point here, madame, and I agree with you 100%. Very artistically expressed too. Keep it up. P.S. Thank you for visiting me earlier, much appreciated.

Charmaine Chircop March 21, 2012 at 10:41 AM whoever we are and wherever we come from we can make a difference to the world only by sprinkling some love.Very beautiful poem.. Charma