she’s a monet, le jardin de l’artiste á giverny, hanging in a museum
she’s behind glass and protected by a series of lasers, temperature and humidity controlled
pristine and perfect
i can only admire her from afar
i’m chalk art on a sidewalk
pastels blotches, blowing in the wind, drawn by clumsy hands and walked over by busy pedestrians
it looks like rain and soon i’ll be another multicolored rivulet
beneath her notice
her intense colors and masterful brush strokes, highlighting her sensuality, her curves and otherworldly air
i’m the water used to clean the brushes, murky black from all colors running together, viscous and ignored
what i would give to undress her and find the signature of the creator somewhere on supple skin
kiss it gently
trails my fingers down her legs and just revel in her, bask in the wonder of beauty
but i’m the guy who mops the floors of the museum she hangs in
who passes her on the street as the wind plays with her hair
i’m the one who pays to see her, not allowed to go near the glass, loves from a distance, stands behind the line dutifully
she is a queen
i’m just a stable hand
her station blessed by divinity
mine shackled to the stone
she is a monet
i am a phony
she is art
i am paint by numbers
doesn’t change how i feel
just ensures she never knows it
in some things, the choices are not ours to make
Mike's Manic Word Depot 
it’s like one of those fairy tales
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a dream
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Love the metaphors in this one
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thank you. sums me up pretty well i think. sometimes they come out a little more honest than i expect
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You are already more than runny sidewalk chalk to me, MM.
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why thank you AL, though you seem to be more of a Water Lillies in my head than Giverny
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Hahahaha, like hell I am. Not quite dear. Not quite.
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this is perfect.
(and i kept thinking: i am a children’s drawing. my nose where my ear should be)
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i believe that is surrealism, but thank you
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yes. i am surreal.
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Wow. This is gorgeous.
**sigh**
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did you rhyme monet and phony? in my head i did.
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Haha… um, no. lol
I have so much I want to say about this poem and I am definitely keeping it to myself. But I love it.
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you and your half muttered comments
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Yep, every time
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Ugh. Lol
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It’s a burden you’ll have to bear lol
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