Watercolors
I will tell you the same thing that public service announcements do-
Chat rooms are charming masquerades
where you can swap masks woven of mystery
for masks stitched of fantasy,
don't set your hearts on the counter and turn away
or someone might slip colorless and tasteless lies into it
that will make life a blur,
a ceaseless twirling underneath the chandelier of
dissolvable compliments
watercolors are so mesmerizing when they stream down the page,
so beautiful when the rain grabs them by the waist
and dances with them
until they've been spun off the page
and there is only a damp, blank canvas.
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Paint Us Gray: Part 2
Poetry(This is part 2; please read part 1 first!) Rejection. Betrayal. Heartbreak. Grief. Unfortunately, we've all had a swallow, some more than others, of this bitter brew. This is just a sliver of my chapter that is a part of this world's grand nar...
