Colour Me Beautiful by Shameem Shakat-Hussain

colour me beautiful

onto the blank canvas

of stillness, draw me like

the french girls, i say,

sketch every crease

and fold, make it last,

capture the moment,

for now will not remain,

and tomorrow will be another,

and i merely a sketch.

so, colour me with your mind

and breath me back to life.

colour me beautiful, i say

so i remain in you every day.