My poetry prompt for NaPoWriMo and Cheer Peppers is a mixed media painting that began as a flow painting but it ended up with these strange paint holes. After a year of holding onto the canvas I saw eyes peeking through and decided to pick it back up and finish it. Prints and shoes available for sale on Hastywords Art.
The voice doesn’t match the face
The movement is stop motion
The expectation is disturbing
And I can’t move, can’t breathe
You say my name as if it’s yours
And your skin like sandpaper
Slides down my back and arms
I close my mind to the hate
I see inside your liquid eyes
As you cut off all your scars
A tapestry of all your hurt
And lay them on my belly
Demanding the pain be mine