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Pure canvas

September 21, 2023
By 5harris PLATINUM, Sussex, Wisconsin
5harris PLATINUM, Sussex, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"You Are Your Home"
-Erin Hansen


The pure canvas

Sits on the easel, wobbly

The painter, me, begins

The pure canvas,

Turned silver so fast, 

It was hard to notice the

RED.

Stuck on the brush, 

No white or pink came,

Just pure red

It slivered down the canvas

Dripping.

Never stopped.

But.

once finished, the painting hung there

Still, and calm, no one came to look at it

No one bothered to see its silver and red colors

No one bothered until it changed to pink and white

More pure

The pure canvas 

Once again pure


The author's comments:

It my own form of poetry about my life dealing with self-harm, written in a way young kids could understand.


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