Message from a Painting - Oluwatosin Olabode

Oluwatosin Olabode is a Speaker, blogger and writer. Simplicity and Humility are his core values. He's a Christian,  an idealist, a futurist and considers himself a shy guy. Oluwatosi Olabode was one of the five lucky winners of the 'A date with poetry' competition.

Message from a Painting 

I thought I was thinking
Then I realized
My feelings weren't what I was feeling
Because I felt the thought
Didn't think I could feel
The expression I had seen.

She was a painting- stable...
The things she said in her silence
Were beyond the understanding of words spoken
The gentleness on her face was speaking
Yes, talking to me

‘Understand the hurt
And the pain I face
When people can't look
Beyond my face
And see the true me'.
Only when you look deeper
Deeper indeed
Will the expression be understood

I saw pains
As she looks at me
It was explained
In the gentleness of her face
In the silence of her lips

It was more like she wanted to say more
But the words could not come together
The expression on her face said so
In that simple but complex moment

It was like this
Exactly as she said it:
‘Wait... don't tell me
I'm almost here...
The words are about to come out'

The honesty of her spirit
The purity of her spirit
Could be seen at that very first glance
But she was just a painting
So she needed me to talk

Her point being
‘Don't just stare at me,
Understand me'