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Unfinished Painting
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2003 for Laura
She sits with brush in hand,
head tilted to one side
searching for the right colours
painting over the 'wrong'
For those who watch the artist at work
we peer behind her shoulder
and glimpse a patch of living green
among the scattered rainbow of colours
At the edges lie
the brighter colours of sweetness
the blurred colours of empathy
and the stronger colours of respect and caring
She paints a strange, slow picture, this one
but no matter - for this is one painting
without a deadline
beautifully complete in its incompleteness
The world is your canvas, my friend
paint it the way you know how
- wrong or right, its all beautiful
only, remember this, for you tend to forget
realize the beauty of the painting that you are
Wow...I love how you can write about people who mean so much to you in a way that conveys that very meaning. That's not easily done. I also really like how you describe each one of your friends without really talking about them - like in this poem you describe a painting - but at the end you talk directly to them. You have an amazing talent, keep it up!