Lin Lane Poet Rhyme

Faded Painting

Faded Painting

From the moment that first we met,
I dipped my brushes to keep them wet.
I filled a large canvas with you and me.
I created the painting I wanted to see.

But I didn't paint a clear sky of blue.
Not even when our love was new.
I couldn't fill in a calm turquoise sea
Because we were living in a fantasy.

I wanted to think our love was real
But there was something I could feel.
Something wrong that I could sense,
So upon my canvas I painted a fence.

Each of us stood on an opposite side.
We knew we had something to hide.
I confessed my secret before too long.
You remained silent;  that was wrong.

The fence grew much taller after we wed.
I painted a broken heart in deepest red.
Stained by tears, was my canvas of sorrows.
Smeared like my dreams of our tomorrows.

One day I painted us out of the scene.
Fairytale ended with strokes of dark green.
An abstract of colors I hurled at my art.
Palette in one hand; in the other my heart.

My life is shadowed. I am void of all feeling.
The canvas is stored, now cracked and peeling.
A faded painting in memory of you and me.
A canvas of a love that became a travesty.

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Maurice Rigoler October 21, 2015 at 9:40 AM Nicely written with a knowledge of art, but I hope it's only fiction. In reading a few of your other poems, I see you are a reflective person capable of expressing yourself quite well. Merci for stopping by. Best to you in your writing endeavors. / M Lin Lane October 21, 2015 at 9:53 AM Hi, Maurice. Only parts of this are fiction. I appreciate your kind words. Merci beaucoup for reading some of my other poems. ~ Lin ~ I sent you soup mail.

Kp Nunez October 21, 2015 at 9:30 AM You are very good with your imagery and rhymes, Lin. A series of powerfully sad images you have painted with your words. 7. Keep penning! hugs! Lin Lane October 21, 2015 at 9:50 AM I am delighted that you're enjoying the imagery in my poems, and in your score! Thanks for the hugs, Kim. I'm a hugger, too!

Robert Lindley October 20, 2015 at 9:54 AM A super 7 and adding this jewel to my fav list. A pleasure to read this poem this morn. Thanks Lin Lane October 20, 2015 at 10:23 AM How nice to hear that it's going on your fav list, and thanks for the 7, Robert. It's so encouraging to read positive comments like this one.