Would you paint it on canvas?
Or paper? Or wood?
A mural put up on a wall?
would it take up the space of a whole city block,
or something incredibly small?
Would you paint it with brushes?
Or sponges? Or hands?
With water, acrylic, or dye?
Or a medium closer to spray-paint or ink,
with pigments as blue as the sky?
Would your painting be vibrant?
Or flashy? or bland?
Or something betwixt or between?
Would your pallet consist of grey monochrome shades,
or colors that no one has seen?
If you painted a picture
of all of your life
beginning to end, like a book,
just where would you put it, and who would you show?
And how long would you, yourself look?
