| THE PORTRAIT POETESS
Send me your sad memories,
send me your worst dreams
and I will paint your story
complete with midnight screams…
Send me your dark nightmares,
share with me your fears -
and I’ll translate the tale for you,
complete with salty tears.
I “paint” in the poetic form
it’s easiest for me -
I can frame a memory neatly,
for all the world to see.
Real life is never tidy -
our canvases get torn -
We’re sketching on the slate of Time
from the moment we are born.
So share with me your story -
and I will “paint” your rhyme -
then I'll mount it in a picture frame,
and hang it
next to mine.
©Christina Sharik
May 2000 |
