PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

a near Picasso himself
almost
lounging in a lungie
paraded suddenly before
mine eyes
loud brash, blood hues
with such servitude in disguise
cavorting on the canvas
as if each were
so astonishingly alive
anger and startled revulsion
stirred to paint the beauty of
each personal dive
with broader and broader
blame staking colors
crowding every crevice of the human eye
wild and gregariously dancing
proud displays of
modernity and history
far removed from
a middle view's cry of why
fascinated fractures
immediately come to maniacal mind
man on a cusp clasping his inner man
while feverishly painting
out his inner demons and desires
with an artisan's crayon
expressive yet excessive
all brush strokes burning out a plan
leaving each viewer to wander
what toll did this color loving
artist of the wild expect to exact
on the world
love in the eye
or blood on the hand
distorted beauty or beauty distorted
with but the distinct advantage of
a painter's blushing swirl
when there is no revision
once past the prime of
I no longer can
that is when we choose to
exit the confines
of an emotionally dead world
by the means of what else
but by the side doors of self
escaping into art
and wallowing in the purity of
I can...................
(Nov. 18, 2010 508am)