Watercolors

Paint my heart 
black and blue 
in the portrait 
that you said you’d do 
sitting by the window sill 
where the sunbeams 
melt my daydreams 
flowers fade away 
and the colors turn to gray 
paint me blue 
like the sky 
blend into the background 
as the birds fly by 
the landscape smeared 
by my falling tears 
i’ll close my eyes 
until this storm clears 
no umbrellas keep out this rain 
no soft clouds cushion my pain 
little drops left their stain 
on the picture frame 
watercolors bleeding 
from my broken heart 
let my tears dry 
with the paint