My Empty Canvas

I look at the empty canvas of my life

Empty pages yet to be written

Ideas floating in front of me

Each represents what can

Fill this canvas.

I look at the canvases 

Filled in time gone by

Some gloomy and grey

Some cheerful and positive

Some mixed with myriad shades.

I want my life to be different

I want to shake off the chains that throttle

I want to fill my life with many hues

I want to live out the whole spectrum

And fulfill my destiny.

I know my life is fleeting

I know the scroll of time is limited

I look at those who lost their strength

And realize I must choose wisely

For life gives just one chance.

Let me fill my heart with goodness

Let me experience inner peace

Let me spread some cheer around me

Live a life that is free and complete

Before the last drop fills the canvas.

~ Henrietta Decruz