Picasso understood
That most beautiful people in the world
Are unfinished
Still in the process of learning all the letters
To spell out their names
Sketches on a canvas
Waiting for the laughter of paint
When she left him
He knew he could never
See her again and left
Her portrait, a wedding gift
Unfinished
Buried it in the rack
Forgot about it for many years
When he found it again
As an old man
His eyes still full of fire
And the green of sassafras
He took her down to finish her
But couldn’t
Something’s he knew
Were meant to be left
Undone
Jun 5, 2011
Jun 5, 2011 at 2:53 PM UTC
Picasso understood
That most beautiful people in the world
Are unfinished
Still in the process of learning all the letters
To spell out their names
Sketches on a canvas
Waiting for the laughter of paint
When she left him
He knew he could never
See her again and left
Her portrait, a wedding gift
Unfinished
Buried it in the rack
Forgot about it for many years
When he found it again
As an old man
His eyes still full of fire
And the green of sassafras
He took her down to finish her
But couldn’t
Something’s he knew
Were meant to be left
Undone
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