I PAINT MELANCHOLY

I stand before no easel

With no paintbrush or canvas.

I stand between good and evil

I'm sad at what divides us.

And then I begin to paint...

I paint...

I paint a tainted picture,

A self-portrait

With pigment of dark chocolate.

I paint...

I paint a caricature;

It's about the problems,

For that's what my mind captures.

We can't deny, we have them.

But it matters how we handle them

And so with melanin,

I paint.

I paint melancholy.

I paint a usual picture:

Problems we have in Africa.

I paint, I paint.

I paint melancholy...

[Written circa 1757hrs, 04/01/2012. Inspired by the "Coliseum Challenge," at P.O.E.T.S (People Of Equal Thoughts & Spirit) ]