Painted Fragments of His Life

Fractured with seductive

bits and pieces

crags and valleys

portrait of his pith.

Art of his existence,

fantasies of prisms

flecks of his bright ribbons

arrows of light flashing

glorified air castles

decoding the meaning

of his reality.

Magnified painting

of wayward travels,

wrinkles etched deeply

in his abused skin,

residue screaming

in jarring colors.

Windblown hair

blown by gusts

overdosed excesses.

Undetermined age -

product of surplus

overflow of life

lived to the hilt

sharp knife plunged

into his soul.

Ask the artist

she will tell you

the story of his life

is recessed deeply

within the crannies

of your own perception.