Leaving You Unpainted

We had a brief exhibition

significant only in the remaking of us.

 

Our heads slightly bowed

maybe in prayer or just pretense.

Sometimes languid, other times

completely powerless

but sensual in every shade of white.

 

The possibility reinforced by hands

that are crossed as if sending a message

to those in an audience.

 

We were taunt in opposition,

bound in emotional ropes,

in a reflection of gray plastered mutes "

We could even do a series of 8 moods.

 

 

Our tentative rough surfaces punctuated

with crevices sucking up the light "

(we were rarely smooth,

imbued with our naked boldness).

 

We were held in a lover’s oeuvre,

where paint, like experimental virtues,

never made it into the series….

 

  

So, as a gesture of sensibility

 

I am leaving you unpainted

in a gallery of ghosts

somewhere on farewell street

 

as a figure

that did not mean to pose.

 

 

 

 

 - zayra yves
all rights reserved
 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"where paint never made it into the series"

love is often a very "brief" exhibition..we paint ourselves in and out of it...and sometimes never get a chance to paint the other person into the portrait because he or she is gone too quickly..

i really like this write..it is beautiful...as has been said.

not sure of "taunt" i wanted to read it as "taut"!

[Zayra Yves]

Thank you Jacob! Good feedback. I have not been on this site in awhile but your comment inspired me to come back.

[Emily Feret]

Our heads slightly bowed

maybe in prayer or just pretense.

Wow what a stunning piece!

[zainul]

Brilliant work.
Enjoyed reading.

[Zayra Yves]

Thank you very much! I will be sure to read your work in the next few days.

[zainul]

You are most welcome :)

[theunionisloud]

Absolutely breathtaking. There is nothing else I can say.

Beautiful.

[Zayra Yves]

Thank you for the intensity of your comment. I don't know why I didn't see this comment before. I think I must have had the notifications turned off or something. Anyway, I appreciate it!

[jon cass]

f*****g beautiful.

"I am leaving you unpainted
in a gallery of ghosts
somewhere on farewell street

as a figure
that did not mean to pose."

lovely, powerful ending.

[Zayra Yves]

Thank you! Wow!

[cfix]

This is wonderful,
I sense truth in this,
Very well written.

[Zayra Yves]

Yes, there is truth in this. Sometimes we have to let go and move on without changing anything about it.

[Mauricio Montoya]

I like how the words in this piece just blend in, they kind of catch your attention as you read visual communication if you know what I mean.
Great job, well done.

[Zayra Yves]

Thank you!

[Robin]

these three lines a poetic summit for this piece

"We were taunt in opposition,
bound in emotional ropes,
in a reflection of gray plastered mutes "

the ending , an image of 'almost'

[Zayra Yves]

I am sorry I missed this comment that was posted so long ago but I wish to thank you just the same!