May I Paint You a Poem

May I paint you a poem 

with words dipped in colours of sable tones 

where gloomy clouds storm the skies 

above ocean and sand, it lies. 

It lies in speechless beauty of a familiar time. 

It lies in the reminders that play in her mind. 

It lies in that snapshot moment – 

That fluttered breath, 

That culminating point 

Eyes and soul, abreast. 

May I paint you a poem 

With brush strokes in purple, greyish blue tones 

Where moods swirl in colours across the canvas skies 

Underneath pen and paint, she lied. 

She lied beyond the half-written note that said goodbye. 

She lied beyond the half open door to a sandy path outside. 

She lied, the ocean tides.