Playgrounds

Vignettes of fragmented visions
animated on a concrete screen,
a world of creatures living in the head
given chalky makeup’s muted tones,
crafting images preserving
the poignant abysses and paradise portals
dwelling as surreal tapestries
visiting behind the eyes.

Murmurs of mistress, martyrs and messiahs
moan their musings into the fingers,
as wars from conflicts blend with lovers,
both cursing and blessing the unveiled thoughts.

Borrowing the forms of facades
the world massages in living textures,
to entwine the heart’s path towards vales and peaks
with the symbols of everyday.

It waits in the strokes upon the pavement,
tears and groans subtly inlaid,
until a viewer feels their power
open up a door to their own hidden worlds.

Signature of the artist felt in the encounter
lingering with its intensity
long after the wind erases the window
into the painter’s private playground.