National Poetry Month Day 29: Abstract Pain

A short free verse poem today from the prompt, Abstract Pain. Enjoy.

red blue and teal abstract painting
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Abstract Pain

A slash, the dark hue of crimson
across the sea of aquamarine blue
Unsettling, blending into the image
It stirs emotion, murky, unbidden;
faces turn away, voices whisper

The artist smiles

They see it
They finally see his pain

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