The Painter

The crispness of the
Wet red
Pasty glisten
Of glorious pigment.

The carefully applied
Strokes of emotion
And motion expanded
Upon canvas.
Upon canvas.
Upon the canvas.

The soul
Blue with
Texture creating
Waves with
Brush strokes
Frozen and Frosted
And frantic.

Deep in the paint
Layers of yellow hide
Where the red is now
Emanating orange-like.
Human elements
Physical imperfection
While perfect in being.

Deep in the paint
Soul of the artist
Wails sorrowfully.
Deeper in the paint
Satan is trapped in ice
As hell burns in flames and lava.

Lungs filled with blackness
Oceans filled with oil
Brush filled with pigment
Oozing with time.

The preliminary sketch
Contains secret codes
And hidden intentions
Broken conventions
New inventions.
Ascensions
Into space.

While sound and smell
Absorbs into
Smoothness of color
Complex and lucid.
Like flesh and skin
Dreamlike shadows
Curvatures and drips.
Smeared blue and violets
Smothering and pulsing
With the crispness of
Red.