Canvas of Life

The canvas of my life has been painted,

the colors I have chosen and now

I can see what has become of me.

With a splash of black on canvas white

my life was filled with darkest nights;

sometimes also a shade of grey clouding

my thoughts between wrong and right.

Throughout the years came many moments;

some sadly were a blur in the stream of time;

while others stood out in my mind with

soft soothing colors making them sublime

and those moments I've certainly cherished.

I can say unequivocally that I've enjoyed

these moments of colorful dancing beams

with merriment and nostalgia as they’ve

cascaded across this canvas of what is my life.

It’s shaped me into what I now am

and I can say there have been regrets

but there are things that I can’t forget.

I realize that life passes us by too soon

and then in the twilight of our years

moments are all that we have left.

My canvas of colors in time will fade away

and though some colors were left to chance

all in all I can say that I've enjoyed this dance.

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