Painting

Алексей Амбарян
                Dedicated to my
                dear friends
                Wade and Madison
                I love you guys


Across a field of naked canvas
Bright streaks of colors blending in
Aloft a flood of sacred ribbons
Those strokes of contours shaping in

His hand is moving to the heart beat
Above impurities and deeds
Fine brush is fooling with emotions
Beyond imaginings and dreams

The lines of grace are shading over
And glimpse of heaven in her eyes
The drops of blush are mudding over
And guise of palette in his arms

The lover’s bed was lit with shadows
Against a silk of crescent moon
The master's hand had spotted embers
Against the darkness of the room

The weakness painted in her smile
His ashes dropped to hit the floor
The candle slowly burning out
Her portrait leaning from the wall