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This poem was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s painting – the blue room
They say that life has many tones and hues
But in my life what dominate are the blues
I am caught in a swirling vortex of strife
And that my dear is the defining fact of my life.
Of blue blood, my man can talk a blue streak
But his rants often leave me weepy and weak
O’ my heart does keen, often it feels so blue
My decision to marry this man, I do so rue.
I am a beautiful bird adorned with a gilded cage
But, he has clipped my wings, to my utter rage
I am bound to my master, the blue eyed boy
He holds me in his vice grip, like a prized toy.
Like a bolt from the blue, his criticisms scathe
His love, I try to cleanse, scrub off and bathe
The love I thought came once in a blue moon
Alas! It imprisoned me and left me all too soon.
Now my cage is my room, as blue as my mood
Wherein I live, am sad, melancholy and I brood.
I have no escape, no avenue to run or flee
Alas! From my sad blue world, I shall never be free.
Quite a nice poem you have written. It reflects the depth of emotions inside you as if you have lived through these emotions and you peeled the layers of them using these words – word by word, bit by bit.
Have you had a tough life? And have you been through such an experience? I wonder if it is possible to bring it out without experiencing them.
Thank you for reading it. The poem is not based on my personal experience but I have seen women go through hardships. This was a tribute to them, inspired by Picasso’s work.