Soul Nouveaux http://www.sherwoodweb.org/PoetryAudio/dana-soul-nouveaux.mp3
Dana Pulliam
Soul Nouveau
I # was a blank canvas
Empty, innocent and naive, and begging to experience Life-#
In its fullest, in its rawest, in the truest form of its Art#
I’ve been splattered with hues- Blues of sorrow, covered red with anger and slopped green with envy#
Veneers have faded and chipped with time and toil##
I’ve seen terrible things
I’ve felt even worse
- I’ve been tainted, painted, and used
admired, hated, abused
stripped and beaten,##
defeated.
layered with affection#, cheated by intention#, relentlessly question my apprehension to trust
andtolove
to feel, to acknowledge my ##
Pain?
There# I said it.
E n a m e l c a n b e p e n e t r a t e d
I hurt, too
YOU MADE THESE COLORS BLEED
Thispain, Mypain
product of years of False Hope, Disappointment, Betrayel and
Lies##
It’s trapped by repression#
It’s squandered obsessions#
A motley collection of Life’s Learned Lessons, Egotist Ideals and Fear##
Fear this aesthetic facade may fade##
No, no, no, it WON’T
It can’t
I will rise,# I will learn,# I am the Renoir of my soul##
Ya see, I’ve discovered that What you see, is what I want you to see
And I hold the palette and I choose the shades
I will paint my future with the colors of my past
IwillexperienceLife- Help me ##
Help me scrape away all that hinders#
Scrape the greed, scrape the envy and mistrust, scrape the doubt, scrape the fear
Now layer me ##
Layer me with love
Speckle me with respect and admiration
Splatter me with insight, Cover me with hope
Smooth me over with integrity-reSTORE me, enSURE me
Implore that what I am is genuine
For I am the painter of my Soul
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Poetry, what is it? (Dana’s Statement on Poetry and Performance)