Poem: If You Could

If you could paint a picture
Would you give it lots of colours?
Would it have a dash of blue and pink,
Or a splash of yellow and green?
Could you fill it up with many faces…
Full of expressions and emotions?
Could you hide the canvas in lushful greens?
To recreate the tapestry of Life!

If you could compose a song
Would it be a symphony of voices?
Would it have lighter notes?
Cheery words and meaningful phrases…
Could you overflow it with melodious harmony?
Would you infuse the sheets with rhythmic tempo,
To rejuvenate the spirit of Music!

If you could write a poem
And retell the stories you have heard…
Would it boast of adventures and friendships,
Romances and nostalgic memories?
Could you have words that comfort and encourage
Rhymes that tease and cajole?
To revitalize the promise of Language!

If only you could…
If only we would…
Then we would understand,
Then we would make a stand.
Well… I know I would!
Would you? Could you?

(15.5.2000)

I wrote the first part of this poem in a friend's birthday card. Then I got inspired and decided to finish writing by adding on. I really feel that it is important to find our own ways in expressing our joys, sadness, fears and pain and to do it with such gusto!