Art
in abstraction
allows you to see anything
or nothing at all
by Emily Kohns
When I See Nothing
I don’t like what I see.
All that is left are feelings
Aquatic Cool Serenity.
Stay there
Stay there
Stay there
Eye tracks left to right;
Feelings flow along.
Can’t stay cool forever
Yes, you can.
Stay there
Stay there
Stay there
The warming purple
muddles head and heart
A transition –
but also a barrier
a fence
a big beautiful border wall
between Cold and Hot
Peace and Passion
Head and Heart
Keep. Them. Apart.
at all costs.
None shall pass.
Stay there
Stay there
Stay there
But the eye tracks right…
Heart refuses to stay
and obey.
Look how long purple
Holds
On
As it flows
into the orange-red heat
of Passion
Pleasure
Pain
I wish I saw
and felt
the warmth there
but I only see destruction
Immolation.
Please,
don’t ask me to See Nothing
Again.
This is the third poem in a triptych based on this piece of art:
defying atrophy 
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