Original Painting: Heavy Heart

Now I lay me down to rest
Sinking heavily into my watery bed

 

Oh lady Lake of sadness
Welcoming me into the soft gloom of your heavy embrace

 

Drowning under strangled emotions
Swallowing every cold hard word and glancing pebble

 

I took all these things into my heart
Locking them away to protect you from their sting

 

I’ve tried to hold them all
No complaint or question

 

But one by one they have weighed me down
And I find I can no longer bear their weight

 

There was a time I would have drowned for you
But what use are my sightless eyes, my cold hands?

 

What use is my stiff body to you?

 

With every breath I have fought this
All but one has escaped my lips
Would you demand that too?

 

Should I be chained to you forever?
 

Must I drown?
My heart a stone dragging me down

 

Let me go my love

 

I wish to soar
Not sink
 

- Nicoleen Flamekeeper

There is only one opportunity to own the original painting in all it’s majesty! Is it for you? Oil on stretched linen ready to hang. (610mm w x 760mm h)

 

Art Prints available in a range of sizes. See ART PRINTS.

Prints are unframed in cellophane sleeve and carefully protected for shipping. Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery. Shipping cost calculated at checkout. If you do not see your shipping destination email me for a quote.