The Agony of the Canvas

The Agony of the Canvas

Knocking against the potentialities of the canvas,
unstained, neutral in immensity,
the palette
with its violence of colours,
held in abeyance,
waits for the moment
for the canvas to speak.
The vibrant moments, flowing
in the sacrifice of identity
eager to attain the fixity of form,
have slipped.
The purity, unassailable,
a scourge for the artist
who loves
and knows what violence
can do to love--
unborn, restless,
waiting in the moments of agonizing silence.