I Need a Can of Paint

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    I Need a Can of Paint
    Echoing cries float around, 
    bouncing off the walls of my cavernous soul,
    empty and pleading to be filled up,
    openly bleeding.
    But nothing at all is felt.
    No joy and no pain,
    no excitement or confusion.
    Just a plain white canvas.
    But where the hell's my can of paint?
    I need more than a dry brush,
    a canvas this blank,
    and a handful of hopes.
    I need a collage of colors,
    of ambitions and dreams and feelings.
    May the 'paint' drip red
    from this morbid 'paintbrush' of mine. 

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    sk8erpoet commented on I Need a Can of Paint

    03-09-2011

    this is a really cool poem..it could mean just what it is saying but it could also mean so much more..great write..sk8
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    brokenhearted11

    03/09/2011

    you got it! haha thanks

    angelchaser commented on I Need a Can of Paint

    02-14-2011

    Nice job, broken. Kinda reminds of the poem I wrote for you last summer where I said The paper is her canvas...The ink, her paint...And as she forms the words and phrases that become her "painting" It's like watching a graceful ballet under her direction cool:) Great poem, honey:)
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    brokenhearted11

    02/15/2011

    oh yeah, it does kinda sound similar, doesnt it... blahaha i think we're talking about different paint though :/ haha thanks man(:

    wamomo commented on I Need a Can of Paint

    02-14-2011

    This is a profound piece that screams the frustration of incompleteness...the canvas crying out for quenching...the imagery in this is really powerful. Your can of paint will be where you least expect it. :-). Nice job!
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    brokenhearted11

    02/14/2011

    thank you! i love it when my words can paint such a vivid picture. practically gets me high! and this is to everyone who reads this poem, the last two words are a cutting reference.

    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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