Topic: Hands
rlynne's photo
Wed 01/21/09 06:22 PM
I have artist’s hands,
speckled with the many colors of paint,
but mostly with the putrid colors
of gray charcoal and Pete moss.
You can see the brown tar of cigarettes
on my knuckles and the nails
on my peace fingers.
When not in use they are plump with fluid
trying to heal the rapid movement that cripples digits;
when working they are slim and delicate
with knuckles swollen from too much cracking,
the early onset of arthritis.
They are the hands of a thief,
stealing souls and putting them in pictures.
They are the hands of a glutton and a lover,
the decadent life of art.
They are sinful hands, stained by living evil.
They tremble on the wheel and I cannot hold my grip.
Ashes and the cherry fall
and burn a circle into the floor,
the ashes of reincarnation,the circle of life.
They are bruised broken stained and swollen,
but they are mine.
They hold the truth of my life
and the power of my mind.

kc0003's photo
Wed 01/21/09 06:40 PM
Edited by kc0003 on Wed 01/21/09 06:40 PM
very nice imagery...

strong and vivid...nice piece...


to the hand and mind of the artist drinker

flowers

rlynne's photo
Wed 01/21/09 06:44 PM
thank you....flowerforyou

no photo
Wed 01/21/09 07:14 PM
Edited by MsWizard on Wed 01/21/09 07:15 PM

I have artist’s hands,
speckled with the many colors of paint,
but mostly with the putrid colors
of gray charcoal and Pete moss.
You can see the brown tar of cigarettes
on my knuckles and the nails
on my peace fingers.
When not in use they are plump with fluid
trying to heal the rapid movement that cripples digits;
when working they are slim and delicate
with knuckles swollen from too much cracking,
the early onset of arthritis.
They are the hands of a thief,
stealing souls and putting them in pictures.
They are the hands of a glutton and a lover,
the decadent life of art.
They are sinful hands, stained by living evil.
They tremble on the wheel and I cannot hold my grip.
Ashes and the cherry fall
and burn a circle into the floor,
the ashes of reincarnation,the circle of life.
They are bruised broken stained and swollen,
but they are mine.
They hold the truth of my life
and the power of my mind.


Im going to be honest with you. I hated Hands2 but THIS?

This....

I love. It is beautiful~it is the dissecting of ones self~and it is pure~:heart:

rlynne's photo
Wed 01/21/09 07:18 PM
thank you MsWizard..its one of the few I have no discomfort in sharing, although that discomfort doesn't keep me from sharing

but again thank youflowerforyou

s1owhand's photo
Wed 01/21/09 07:32 PM
"i like that" bigsmile

flowerforyou

no photo
Wed 01/21/09 07:44 PM

thank you MsWizard..its one of the few I have no discomfort in sharing, although that discomfort doesn't keep me from sharing

but again thank youflowerforyou


Never feel discomfort with what you are feeling. It is what makes your poetry true and honest. :heart:

RawB's photo
Fri 01/23/09 09:26 PM

I have artist’s hands,
speckled with the many colors of paint,
but mostly with the putrid colors
of gray charcoal and Pete moss.
You can see the brown tar of cigarettes
on my knuckles and the nails
on my peace fingers.
When not in use they are plump with fluid
trying to heal the rapid movement that cripples digits;
when working they are slim and delicate
with knuckles swollen from too much cracking,
the early onset of arthritis.
They are the hands of a thief,
stealing souls and putting them in pictures.
They are the hands of a glutton and a lover,
the decadent life of art.
They are sinful hands, stained by living evil.
They tremble on the wheel and I cannot hold my grip.
Ashes and the cherry fall
and burn a circle into the floor,
the ashes of reincarnation,the circle of life.
They are bruised broken stained and swollen,
but they are mine.
They hold the truth of my life
and the power of my mind.
This is awesome, fun to read, vivid inspiring.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Jess642's photo
Sat 01/24/09 11:51 AM
beautiful..........

thankyou.flowerforyou