canvas/daylight

Jared Stearns 

a white canvas sat in front of me 

i embraced this moment

head strong 

vision cleared 

ready to paint my own aspirations 

strong black lines outlining the foundation i set in the season of the fallen leaves

the image that i envisioned taking its true form

my own world-i thought-showing me the yellow brick road 

then 

a winter snowflake, and a spring blossom smudged the lines

dulling my confidence 

sending me into a melodramatic blue

didn’t want to even bare looking at the image i drew 

yearning for a break from the reflection shown right in my face 

external sources from the scorching summers light lifted me 

to raise my brush again

to dip in the aquamarine colored water

to repaint a new foundation

even with extra emotions of the doubt cursing my vision

this foundation took a new structure 

something my mind never knew was possible 

i fill in the primary colors i love 

blue, yellow, and white 

in my new image 

these were always my favorite colors 

even when i saw every shade of them:

the pale, the solid, and the vibrant

enveloped in these colors a new image is brightened from the golden daylight 

from athlete to student

from afraid to unapologetic

from biology to

loving on the brain