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Response to a Self Portrait

Skerdi Brahimaj

Searching like I’ve always done before
But I can’t find “I” anymore
Gone, forgotten
Like a lost cause

Trying to spot the semblance
-to no avail
In place of my self portrait
-only a blank slate

What I once painted with passion
Denies my vision like an illusion
This is a response to my self portrait
That lingers in a mental allusion

Have I lost my sight?
How can the paint disappear?
Is the canvas deceiving me again
for me to not exist?

The brush shakes in the hand
Dips in paint but all is clear
Impossible to recreate
The self portrait that used to be...
Even before there was a “ME”

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