To Paint You

I can paint
You, in black 
And white
While the sky curls 

Your hair, with care
As swaying
Green of spring
In the garden

Blooms
Between orb and rain
Bursting 
In rivalry

Yet, I chose
To paint you, with
Lush of 
My words


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for poet Ernilando Tugaff
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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