Canvas Skin from Canvas Skin by Steel Minds Artists Coalition

Clock drips, I watch
Breath caught, heavy
My hand—wavy, weird
Pulse skipping, heartbeat bends
Frame keeps turning, not me
Paint on my tongue, taste strange

You stare, your gaze splinters
I move, I don’t
Hands fold into puddles, slow
My face bends, I barely know
You touch my shoulder—canvas peels
Blue running, time leaks out
We never said a word last night
Shapes twisting, you look away

Mirror lines, cracking wide
I hold my breath, I

Canvas skin peeling—
My world breaks, falling
Canvas skin peeling—
Your angles keep calling

Spinning corners, nowhere straight
My arms—too soft, then sharp
Brushes rub my memory thin
You’re shouting shapes at me
Slip into the clock—heavy
Frame melts, you split in two
Here in this stillness
I reach for you

Mirror lines, cracking wide
I hold my breath, I

Canvas skin peeling—
My world breaks, falling
Canvas skin peeling—
Your angles keep calling

Swallow the echo, colors run
Lost in your stare, fragments come
I feel your hand, prism-light
Sorry, I melt
Memory folds, morning dulls
Angled love, keep me
If you see me leaking—
Please, just stay

Canvas skin peeling—
My world breaks, falling
Canvas skin peeling—
Your angles keep calling

• Experimental
• Nashville