THE ARTIST
(Frieda Kahlo)

Flowing fabric of every shade
enveloping dark crippled legs;
heavily jeweled fingers and
long beaded hair.

Loud clatter of metal and hiss of moving cloth as
she enters the room
A terribly glorious entrance from
a tortured and radiant woman,
Who attempts to hide and conceal
a frail and slight body.

The heart beating, striving, struggling within is
still stronger than any man’s and
blatantly painted upon canvas
for all the world to witness.

Yet something intimate and colossal is
hidden beneath the obvious pain;
She may try to hide but in
doing so, reveals everything.