THE BEAUTIFUL
Artwork for ECHOES Poe-ARTtry (Mixed Media)
What year was this mixed media artwork made?
2022
What medium is this created on (i.e. Canvas, Wood Panel, Watercolor Paper, etc)
Canvas, paper clay, photos, collage papers, acrylic paint
Share with us the written poem connected with your artwork.
THE BEAUTIFUL
look
closer
you will not be able to see injury
masked is dried
blood on salty flesh
ash from the scorched mind spreading backward
over an expanse of memories
that fan the flames of invalidation
the eight year old
without hugs or kisses
or yeses
that was to blame for the
vexation
you will not be able to see injury
she has sought to erect futures
roaming territories
and realities
dirt from roles played etched into her heels as proof
moved boulders to prepare homes
dug trenches to quell her thirst
gathered nourishment from the setting sun,
from the sky
with eyes like beams, she squints to appear normal, to sleep
till her head became fire
arson that tortured sad stories over-told,
lit by a radiant realization of her potency, the power of her effectualness
her head ablaze,
her words words seared time
look closer
you will not be able to see injury
