The Painter

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Brushes, paints, a palette and canvas
These are all I need
To turn my miserable past 
Into an art that radiates peace.

But where do I start?
Just when did things get wretched?
I can't fathom the answer inside my head.
But I felt it from the depth of my heart.

Still, realization hits me
How can I paint?
When I can't even hold the brush steadily.
When my hand can't recover from pain.

Hopeless. That's what I am now.
I badly want to laugh at myself
For thinking I could turn this into art somehow.
And I should just keep these things inside the shelf...

Like how I made myself believe
That maybe, painting is not really for me.


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