The Artist
They say nobody knows you
better than you know yourself
but I desperately need help unscrambling
this Rubik’s cube inside my mind
If someone could just link me to a tutorial
to solve it under 3 minutes
I would memorize algorithms
to transduce thoughts into wavelengths
compartmentalize beliefs into boxes
separate red yellow and blue
until there were no more
purples oranges and greens
until swirls of color constructed patterns,
places, memories
and I could pick up a brush
and paint them all
across my skin like graffiti
maybe then I could look in the mirror
and appreciate the art and the artist
simultaneously
After all,
they say the destruction of art
is art, too.