unwanted bondage

ever wondered why
this poetess painter
has no words to say
what the paintings mean.

every wondered why
her bush strokes can't
hide the bondage
that words can belie.

perhaps that's why
she's silent - telling
in shackles, telling
behind veils life's lies.

nothing much of art
is here in paintings
nor in her vapid verses.
only what is hidden

deep in layers of soul,
in paintings it surfaces.
easy to tell thrall in paint,
so hard to tell in verses.