her hands took her color
from the sunrise with each take
into paintbrushes and oil, yellow sound gray
where the red crumbles a court and hidden talent
a picture painted heart
shadows where she stood
hanging canvas
chains and whirls of veins in violets
dwellers,
oil lamps and shades
to them a tool
drinks her down in one breath
a sunset,closing in on her like climbing ivy
copyright 2010
