THE PAINTING

THE PAINTING 

I am the painting 

that is never looked at, 

never purchased, 

that will never get to hang 

in a warm and happy home. 

I am just a painting 

that will stay in the 

gloomy dark hallway 

that is my life. 

I am but a painting of gloom. 

A painting of anger. 

The gray tones offset by the burst of color. 

A sea of red and black. 

Why have you left me 

Abandoned in this hallway of sadness? 

Do you not love me? 

Does anyone really love me? 

I guess time will tell, 

Maybe someday someone will purchase 

this depression and free me 

from this gloomy dark hallway that is my life. 

If I deserve it. 

-- By Samantha Hamelin