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.

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