soul patterns

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he asked me to paint his soul
and so, i with glowing eyes,
pulled out my paints
to speckle the brightest and most iridescent colors
sprinkled with butterflies, rainbows,
clouds and stars
my god it was a masterpiece
i bled all of my self
my blood sweat and tears and
all that i am i poured into it
my hopes and dreams of what i thought he was and could possibly be
tired with bloodshot eyes i flinchingly
held up the painting
waiting with hopeful eyes
for the praise i was bound to get
but
watched instead as he shrunk in horror and turned away
it was too much

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