Left Behind

My miserable friend,
companionably muted.

They constructed our cage
from reflections of their own
despair and disappointment.

I dreamed your dreams.
We shared their darkness.

Together we huddled.
We never told

until the door opened.
I flew fast on stolen wings.
The window closed
with you left behind.

I escaped our cage,
the one they built,
only to craft one of my own.

I made my bars with hate and self loathing.
I can't break them.

I hope you are far away,
flying free,
leaving me behind.

Collage Obsession - A Rose by any Other Name

Have you seen me

While working on this piece, I was torn between the titles 

 "Have you seen me?" and "Got Milk"?

"Have You Seen Me?" finally won out.

The idea of the piece is simple enough: a lovely cow ballerina 

with her milk bottle balloon floating over a lake of milk.  

The milk lake and the sky give off a white winter landscape 

so it seemed like the perfect piece for today.

For me, by late January, winter has begun to seem endless.  

Too many cold, gray days leaves me longing hopelessly for spring, 

knowing that it is still many weeks away.

My Checkered Past - Dance Challenge at 3Muses

If you ask about my checkered past,

I must confess that my secrets 

are many, sordid, and would make

a sane woman blush.

I danced my way through my youth

like so many half remembered dreams

of immortality and immorality,

but I looked ever so fabulous

while I did it!

Fish Dance a la Klee

Sad to report but I am quite behind on my art challenges.

I had a fabulous weekend at two different art markets and spent an afternoon taking photographs at the zoo, but it left me very little time to catch up on my art work.

I created this piece with the intention of including it in Take a Word's Circle challenge but simply ran out of time.

After tinkering and changing proportions and colors, I finally got a balance that I really liked!

Music - 3Muses Challenge

Enjoy the stately leisure performance of 

our vintage child ballerina dancing to music only she can hear!