A Crack
There was a crack in the canvass
When they began to paint my life
A flaw
...they thought
.......I suppose
As they tried to paint around it
Handing me the brush
They said as much
In fading voices...
As I painted its beauty
Into my existence© 2001 Mykel
Published in Nox - An Anthology of Dark Poets Against Abuse (Gromagon Press, 2006)