Images

Faces--black, white, and beige,
Some youthful, some aged,
Bierded faces, calloused faces,
Sweaty faces, tender faces.

The brush strokes thick,
And then it is thin,
Heavy, watery,
Steady, faltering,

In blue like saphire skies,
Black like moonless nights,
Red like concrete cuts,
Green like ball parks,
White like perfect cloudes,
Yellow like the sun they conceal,
Pink like the twilight,
Purple like this child's shirt...

In countless varietes of shapes:
Turtles for our one-day pets,
Frogs for wive'stales of warts,
Smiley faces for random thoughts,
Rainbows for dreams we've failed to attain,
Hearts for what we still desire,
Balloons for parties at which we closed off,
Crosses for the commitment we've sealed ourselves to.

But it all wipes away at the end of the day,
With a few drops of water against these cheeks.