Heart-Paint Poem by Chloe Evangeline

What are you writing?
poetry, i think
he tries
types them out
forcing them
Horrible
Awful
Bad
People tell him
good job!
speak from the heart!
why?
why do they tell him?
its not poetry,
world,
if someone instructs you
or gives you tips
no critique
no judgment
free
and carefree
emotional
and frightening
and good
never
bad
understand?
never
ever
tell someone
how to pour
their heart-paint
onto a page
not with drawing or writing
never
it get mottled
turns invisible
dull
lifeless
no longer heart-paint
now words
poetry is not words
it is shapes
and colors
and heart-paint creations
and your life down on
a scrap
of tree.