Kim Williams is Man Named Kim

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A Pending Epitaph - Paint Me Not

Paint Me Not


Paint me not in shades of brilliant blue and red

Coloring over my misguided lines of glossy black

And smeared greys


Don’t layer me over with sentiment and morality

Forgetting my deformity of thought

And bare deeds


Have the fortitude to lay it out

As I was and am naked and old, withered

And decaying now


My life will be dust soon enough and should not be concealed while it can be revealed.



Note: Inspiration comes when it is ready. I was viewing a photo and a post over at MelodyWatson.com and somehow, my thoughts and feelings lead to the poem above...