SELF - PORTRAIT! <br />I had once tried to do, a self-portrait with <br />watercolor hues, - <br />Using black, white and azure blue! <br />Water was a medium difficult to control <br />and hold, <br />Yet I tried it out despite being cautioned and <br />told! <br />Unlike oil where you can amend or change, - <br />The texture and tone with mixture of paints! <br />The water in my portrait began to flow and <br />spread, - <br />And the contour of my face began to blur and <br />fade! <br />The black disappeared in the middle of night, <br />The blue spread out and blended with the <br />morning sky! <br />Please don’t ask me how or why! <br />Only the white had remained on the white <br />painting sheet, - <br />And gently merged with the background <br />to make my portrait complete! <br /> -Raj Nandy <br /> 06 Aug 09 <br /> New Delhi <br />(WRITTEN IN A LIGHTER VEIN! EVEN THOUGH I FOUND <br /> THAT IT WAS EASIER TO PAINT WITH OIL COLOR! <br /> AND THAT ONE DAY I TOO SHALL DISAPPEAR!)<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-portrait-22/
