The last stroke
The last stroke
With the images beginning to fade
he hurries up
and enters the hall,
wanting to do another
Brushes strewn around, old and unusable
paint in the boxes needing change
and finding that the initial strokes
are starting to fail
Ponders for a while
not wanting to repeat the precluded strokes
the unfinished paintings
a stark reminder of the past
Decides to halt this one and leave
a glance back at the canvas
the canvas once untouched and clean
never the same again