Self
Portrait
I want to
paint myself today
bright, layered, sharp and contained-
I
want to photograph my smile on the canvas
From
my memory of the reflection in the mirror
I want to live inside the womb of the brush
As if
to use my dripping blood as the color green
To
become my art and to live on the wall
I
want to bare my nakedness in window of my eye
To
have observers see this piece as my twin
That
we were surgically removed at birth
I want to be an artist that captures its subject
And
cages it to be displayed for all to see and wonder
I
will grasps the brush lightly and let it be free
To wonder around the
jungle of my soul
So
that it can know me and pick pieces of my body
To
pour into the hues
So no one can duplicate the strokes of me
No one will take their eyes away
I
will close my vision and my tools will guide me
To
paint my perfect image
To
paint me.
And opening them reveals everything inside me
Everything
that is me that is not seen
Emotions
that construct me.
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