Meeting people from all over, I absorb a part of them, and painted some colour in my life from their pallete.
Some gave me jubilant, blazing, heartwarming strokes of joy, appreciation, and love.
Some left patches and dark colours of disapproval, indifference, rejection, and loss.
In the end, I was bizarre, painted by many, a mosaic of all their colours.
All colours. Except my own.
Where was my colour? Did I even have one?
I began scrubbing away the layers and layers of paint, conditioning, and belief.
My arms hurt but my heart began
to prance with what I saw next…
A clean white canvas appeared.
I had given the whole world a brush with power to paint my life.
With every layer I removed, I began learning, and unlearning, all at the same time.
With my canvas to clean, pure, and white, I finally knew that only I have the power to paint my pictures, narrate my story. My canvas is only my imagination.
Now when someone offers me any colour of their choice, I say “what a beautiful colour, but it’s yours and not mine”
I breathe in, wear a smile and thank them for what they bring, for without them I wouldn’t know that even I could shine.
Some days, they bring sapphire blue, other days, scarlet, another day, lilac.
But in the end, only I choose my colour, beautiful, pristine, and divine.
To the very same painting,
People stop and say, what a vibrant, beautiful, serene painting.
Some ponder, “look at it, do you even know how to paint?”
And I just smile, flick my brush like an artist, crafting a masterpiece. for a compliment and curse are just sides of the same coin.
I chose my colours from my own palette, and it’s all that mattered.
A Wanderer's Tales 
No words. You always leave us speechless. Every word we talk, every problem we discuss …You, after a lot of rise n fall …low n high in your thoughts…you have always come out to be the best in everything….you shine like a diamond…you truly are a princess….my inspiration…my teacher…love you my sweetheart.
Ma
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I’m completely in love with this. It’s mesmerising. Keep going girl.
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Thank you Masi!
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Very beautifully expressed the pressures of society and the journey of discovering self 🙂
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Thank you ❤
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Commendable thought drilling dear Gauri..you really understand and implement and add the right ingredients for charging your inner being that is real you…keep moving forward and on higher planes..love you loads
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Thank you bua 🙂
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Beautuful expression of one’s inner strength …well knitted words ..Highly inspirational..keep it up.. N a few lines in hindi….Tute hue taare ko chamkna shikhati hai ye panktiya, kabhi na haarne ka jazba jagati hai ye panktiya ,khud ko khud se rubaru karati hai ye panktiya…..Well done gauri betu ..Stay blessed
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Thank you so much! I see you’re a poet yourself 🙂
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