I paint the words across
the canvas, making
emotions easier to grasp.
Each word~ a dot
with varied shading
and differing technique
applied to pen,
transferred to page:
the darker the pigment,
the darker the thoughts.
Some dots are drawn
with heavier force
as a way of engraving
pain on the paper.
But when I stand back,
I see the dots combining,
the hurt dissolving.