Watercolor

Now close your eyes
and paint what comes to mind
use me as your canvas
the blank and untried
Color here and color there
with no use for stencils
like a free verse poem
telling of where
we could go
if we just closed our eyes
and believed it was so
paint the back of your eye lids
draw what your heart depicts
without shading
and no use for shadows
because your heart
has no room for dark

Now open your eyes
your art is perfect
it's not quite monet
and I don't deserve it
Expressed and free
Like a ship cut loose
from the dock in a storm
rocking and reeling
bending and breaking
sinking in your expression
with no need to grab a life vest
This captain is going down
with the ship