The Boy
This is a painting I just did on my hoodie. I have come to the happy realization that I have more fun painting on my clothes/bags/hands/etc than on paper sometimes.
I ran into a little boy today on the way to the market. His hair was matted down and his feet were dirty from the city streets. As he stole a quick glance up at me, I caught a glimmer of recognition in his eyes. Tugging on my coat, he pulled me down to him and said that "there were words we must share". Here is what he did utter to me:I have seen my greatest love. I have tasted a wonderful joy ...As I tried to console him with my own feelings of loss and despair, he knowingly turned up his eyes and remarked in words my heart echoes within:
One never before known to me.And now I find that I have lost it all.
I wish only now
The empty place in my heart,
momentarily filled with cheerful destruction,
is once again a seeping hole;
a gaping wound.
that the happy times I had enjoyed,
could be taken back
and I could be left with every day's hope,
instead of unending sorrow.
Your sadness is only so great; your pain is only so deep,With these last words, the boy within (my arms) fell down and ceased his life's breathe. And I, alone, was left to stare out blankly into the darkening night.
because of the friendship you held too near;
because of misgiven things you let go of too late. Had you acted with ration and true concern,
and less with young, headstrong ambition,
you now would find yourself with the same strong love of the past,
instead of vain hopes for dreams you never really had.
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i like this.
since i missed your actual birthday, a very merry UN-birthday to you today.
good to see you posting again.
Comment on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 by evil annie