Sgraffito

ah all the lines

each day

I seem to deepen

and progress

into my true

colors

legs

wrapped 

in Shades of mocha

topped

twice

with

swirled

café

creme

stockings

without

garters

arms

bronzed

and

blonde

like the afternoon sun

wrists and ankles

where the untouched

flesh

remains 

pale

soft

as though cuffed

protected

from

knowing

Face

glowing

cheeks

kissed

crimson

beneath

beryl

eyes

but

the merciless master

capricious

with his strokes

dragged

the 

china- bristle

along

each

breast

a  

rosey

moon

remnant

burnished

brown

shoulders

spattered

with

gutter

umber

amber

outlines

where

wings

once

were

I know not what I seem

all 

thoughts

of

blending

fade

into the colorless

night

Here is where

stars

scatter

sparkle

calling out

my

willing

edge

October Poetry Writing Month 2020

 Day 14 of 31 

  

*Sgraffito - technique where artist scratches away paint while it's wet to expose the underpainting

 

Mermaid - Painting by Анастасия Колесникова