the spring weather is a contradiction
of hazy sun with a dirty glass sky
smeary, smoggy, soggy but also sparkly
just like myself when I pass by a mirror wall
what you see is blurry & opaque outline
what you don't see is the toil & tedious work
welding myself with heat, friction and iron
when there is no preset or map to follow
there is no certainty that I will be a whole canvas
or even a completed chapter of a novel
but I am making small steps to overcome my addictions
my doubts and yes my contradictions
Note: poem inspired by Thorvald Hellesen
“Portrait of Mary Alice Eckbo” painted in 1914
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