The Work of a TRUE Artist

By Syn

Blood
drips down
pooled
on the floor
beneath
her lifeless
body
hair
matted
tangled in
the dried
blood
that came
from the
blow to
her
head
he sits
above
her
dirty
bloody
knife
in his
hand
the music
blaring
of some classic
rock song
he sings
as
he
carves
into
her
into
her
dead skin
he
always
wanted to
be an
artist
so
he practices
on this
dead canvas
first
he
carves a heart
and then
he
carves
a
flower
then
he carves
his name
when
he is
happy
with
the
images
he made
he carves
around
her
rib cage
down
around
her
navel
back
up to
her
clavicles
he slowly
lifts
her
leather
skin
from
her bones
to place
his art
in
his
gallery
he
steps
back
to view
his
last
addition
elated
at
what
he's done
he turns
to
look
at the
other
girls
lying
on
the
floor
No time
to stop
now
He has
more
work
to do
an
Artist
NEVER
stops
when
he's
inspired

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Copyright 2004 Syn
Published on Tuesday, July 6, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: What a nice psycho. The format made it like punch-punch-punch, I can relate to the feeling of not being able to stop when inspired! Thanks for the write.

  • Miztaken4beauty On Friday, March 26, 2010, Miztaken4beauty (177)By person wrote:

    Wow, a true artist.

  • DarkWolf On Sunday, September 12, 2004, DarkWolf (415)By person wrote:

    Dark, bloody, unholy, brutal, demented. Just a few words to describe how I felt reading this one. Well done to illicit such feeling. Well done indeed. -Michael

  • A former member wrote: Very dastardly done. Though having one word on each line really hurt my eyes, thus giving me a headache. Must be interactive!

  • Ideas On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, Ideas (50)By person wrote:

    You somehow made something twisted seem so very normal. Wonderfully done.

  • gracefullytorn On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, gracefullytorn (61)By person wrote:

    This sended a chill up my spine when I read it. Nice work.

  • A former member wrote: that is so twisted. i loved it. great job, you have a great imagination ~serpentine~

  • Lifeless On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, Lifeless (39)By person wrote:

    This really captures my attention. I like the “feel” of this. A tragic thing is happening but it’s written with such clam as if penned by someone watching that has the same cold resolve has the “artist”.

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