how do I paint love
acceptance
unity
beloved community

my mind’s eye
longs for
an image
unimaginable

glimpses skid off the edges of my consciousness
fleeting
real
wishful imagining

I dream in colors yet unknown
my brush hovers
over the paltry palette of our existence
inadequate

an empty canvas
shredded by hatred
longs for healing
and what it yet can be

imagine