Sanctuary

Prints paper painted walls
Water hums through pipes
Watercolors ooze from over-squeezed tubes
(Diamonds in blue and red)

High E squeal of the wheel
While I watch children splash
Finger painted canvases
Lean on Van Gogh and Vermeer

Strings with a violin solo
Envelope laughter
I sit cross-legged
(A Navajo blanket)

Just a grain of sand
Among my kind
Pre-glass
Still rough before smooth

Shrieking [banshee]
Now tearing Picasso
From his black haven
Then gone (to reluctant parents' arms)

Wasabi and Soy
Next to eel and cucumber
Bowl of Jambalaya
(Spicy like the South)

"Thank god
I'm alone tonight"



** published in Creative Writing, Volume 2, 2005 Edition