The Girl on the Canvas

I stare at the girl

Held captive on the canvas

I wonder at the curve of her smile

The secrets behind her eyes

She holds a mysterious beauty

Something I can never grasp

Still, I won’t relinquish my efforts

To cut through the solemn paint

That guise to hide the scars

And breach her beating heart

With a kindness that requires nothing

And a calm to encompass the moment