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O Painter

~

*O Painter

with thy own eye

                        would thee

paint me in mine own natural hue

prithee paint me as i am,

imperfections

            and blemishes true

 

Load thy brush

                      with colors sundry

to maketh yond first pure sweep

across the ****** frieze,

fill'd with pangs of hunger.

paint me as i standeth

                  bethought, in deep

 

With mine own love and mine own desire,

blurring the edges unclean

with mine own regrets

                  and mine own mental gyre,

in mine own natural age,

               of deep forest green

 

O Painter

Paint me sinister turquoise,

in lavender and maroon,

combine the amethyst and amber

blend the iceberg

       and the indigo moon.

 

Paint me as i standeth,

       prithee see with thy eye

a mistress in yond lady plight

Prithee paint me all i am

i cullionly

a mistress in all yond lady might

 

Paint me in the optimistic

                             silv'r of dawn,

but don’t miss the purple

to shade the bruise

                              of the bygone.

paint me in the sky blue journal

 

O Painter

Paint me as a unique template

smudge black white and grizzled

merging all the colors of thy palette.

col'r me a rainbow

                            in a rainy drizzle

 

Paint me tall so yond i standeth

loftier than any mountain

Paint me as a dram bird, delicate

with soft feathers silken

 

Paint me harmony, as a violin

so yond i can sing thy solitary tune

paint me as thy poetry

         with song and melody

wrapp'd in a cocoon

 

O Painter

paint me as a dream yond rises

                               in did saturate colors

with a steady upbeat flight awry

tint, a fluttering

             of a quite quaint butterfly

 

Portray me with endurance

imbue so bold and bright

doth not hesitate

                to depict mine own mind

in profound fuchsia and white.

 

Useth the colors yond thee would borrow

Thy palette not yet exsufflicate

Paint mine own loss and mine own sorrow

in search of a shade so ******

 

Adorn mine own heart in glowing garnet

at which hour thee paint mine own love

add a true broken blue shade

of the cloud and the rain above;

 

Study mine own dry sorrow

                              in mine own soul

useth any shade thee plaited

soften the edges of control

in a tinge of xanthene.

 

O Painter

Prithee paint me

Mine own passion and mine own spirit

shall has't a crimson r'd hint

mine own remorse and mine own regret

shall reflect an ink stain print

 

Paint me in mine own eye so true

O Painter

but add a dash of courage too*

~

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Written by
Cne
Published
Dec 17, 2017
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88·419
Notes

When I paint, I’m never quite satisfied as I see all my mistakes, blemishes and colors not quite right. I tend to keep painting to try and get it all right. At some point, I arrive with the conclusion, if I keep going I’m going to mess it up. I stand across the room and, it’s then that I’m amazed at what I have created. I like to think that I’m seen in the same way by my creator.

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