The Artist

Pain in the most ironic sense...

 

 

 

 

She painted smiles and sunlight

in a world that loathes joy.

She dabbled gouache in summery hues

when everyone strikes sharp,

raw, rough, ragged lines

of wint'ry existence in charcoal black.

 

She'd squint her eyes, mould her

eraser-clay and blur

dark splotches of ink or lead on the

canvas. Still spirits are soiled and sodden.

Try as she might she fail.

Try as she might she ache.

 

She captured the pigment of his green-gray eyes

where she sees beauty,

but him, only lies.

Banished, bereaved of beauty...

And the shades of gray in her surrounds drew crimson blood:

stabbed, slithered, suffocating.

 

She'd ask herself wher'ave all our colors gone?

But life would meet her with blank,

deathly

stares.

The pallor of the chipping paint on the easel,

the brittleness of the aged paintbrush,

the bleakness of o'er- existence,

the painful, unyielding, merciless Fate

have taken it all away and left her

seeing the tints alone.

 

She was alone with the rainbow canvas

and they all preferred the sepia and black'n white.

She was alone.

 

Author's Note

review as you will.

Reviews

[InkBlack]

I loved your descriptions :)

[Kasey]

Damn. this is great. it's deep. it means a lot, some might not see it but i do for sure. someone very close to me once said "don't pick at flawless art, it only leaves a scar"

[Philosophile. (Maddy)]

Quite lovely. I perceived it as a large metaphor. Extremely well written, so bravo!

[PerfectFlaw90]

Awesome stuff. That feeling that everything you do, every thought, feeling, or emotion you express is rejected by a world that isn't even on the same page as you. Something I know all too well. You describe it with such beautiful words too...great job on this, I love it.

[Chuck]

I absolutely loved this. When people write "art" poetry they run the risk of making it tacky, throwing in too many unrelated references. But, i think you did a great job, i loved this. It was beautiful and sad.. I really liked the fourth stanza, great image.. once again, Great Job!
-Chuck