Smooth

Smooth

 

Crouched;

as an endangered species

exceptional in every way.

 

Shouting from the open windows

of farmhouses and high-rises,

living together and apart

at the same time.

 

It’s all a chapter

of the same story.

 

Fresh paint

on an old canvass,

a self portrait

of hidden desire;

not shown in heavy

acrylic brush strokes,

but in oils

and watercolor.

 

Life is blossom

and storm.

 

Hardening the soul.

 

With the withering

of a angry woman’s hand.