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a soul laid bare

March 3, 2022 by Michael Guerin

late august sunshine
pierced parted
curtains
and transformed

into splashes
of chalk,
pale yellow
and gold.

she emerged
from her indigo past
and paused
in the hall,

nimble fingers
undoing each button
one by one
until she was done.

removing her blouse
and letting it fall,
she faced
the stuccoed wall

as a breeze
blew in from the bay
and kissed
her glistening skin.

i stood transfixed,
frozen by
her beauty
and unable to apply

a single brushstroke
to canvas,
my heart pounding
in my chest.

she glanced
over her shoulder,
dark eyes imploring me
to begin.

so with a trembling
hand, i did.

For Camille Doncieux
(the artist, part ii)

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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