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Portrait

Painting a picture
a picture of you
you and your friend
a friend of mine

you sit together
on a comfy couch
ready and waiting
two friends I like

this portrait of you
your friend of mine
with face in profile
with a wide smile

an intimate portrait
of a quiet time
between two friends
two friends of mine

I mix the paint
to paint your face
colour in the warmth
two hearts so dear

captured well
in the light this
portrait holds
two friends of mine
— Fleur MacDonald, Jun 20, 2009

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weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 1 month ago

Fucking superb!

Utterly elegant, simple intimate and perfect. The best poem of yours I have read. This process of painting and writing together clearly works. Cheers, Jess
Seren

Seren

17 years 1 month ago

What Jess said LOL ...

But this not only told me the story , Fleur you did paint a picture in words and it was beautiful ... Much love Jayne x
Cloudthings

Cloudthings

17 years 1 month ago

Hi Fluer, I liked the

Hi Fluer, I liked the simplicity in this it just speaks what it is with warmth & a kind of unaffected innocence, made me long to see the painting.~ Anni ~~~ "Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond o

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