peek-a-boo.

i was told to paint with my heart,
but how could i?
how can i paint a tableaux of destruction that springs in my mind?
a wolf eating her young,
worms twisting in the earth under moonlight,
the cruelty.
how can i paint the baby bird taking flight only to drown in a puddle an inch deep under the nest,
to be knawed on by vermin until there were bits of feathers and bones left?
how can i express what is hidden there?
how can i paint the darkness?
-mdm