Portrait Of Pain

Dipping a brush
in my pain
I paint it
in bold strokes
on a blank canvas
Aching swirls
indelibly stain
the pure white

A splintered
portrait
bleeding emotions
empty words
cannot express

If a picture
is indeed worth
a thousand words
what price
should I put
on this
unabashed display
of a wounded heart

Agony stripped
of all artifice
hangs unnoticed
on a bare wall
No takers for
so worthless
a masterpiece


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