no. 11 - blurry skies

It is easy to fall in love with somebody in pain.
A heart worn on its sleeve is often refreshing.
Experience paints colors never before seen.
But so often it is forgotten that broken people come with warnings:
- Diamonds forged in hell are stronger than anything, and will cut you if not held carefully, even though they mean no harm.
- Skies are admired for their beauty but are daily covered in clouds and often drowned in storms. The wind is fierce in a hurricane, and it can freeze you out, if you don’t wear a coat, even if it wishes anything but to be alone.
- Tears are poetic and filled with sincerity, but mascara can stain your favorite shirt, a sacrifice must be made in order to offer that shoulder of support.
- Rainbows are always noteworthy but only made because colors blurred. The lines are not clear unless you are the one doing the drawing.
- The moon is beautiful but littered in craters and only full once a month. You cannot expect a bright light all the time, it’s unfair to hate the moon for the rotation of the sun.
- Even the smartest people cannot solve a problem they don’t know exists. Hiding the truth will never make it hurt less.

Loving a broken person is a blurry, colorful, chaotic mess. It is rarely perfect, rarely poetic, the reality is quite abysmal when you look at it.
Do not love a broken person unless you have read the warning signs.
Do not love a broken person if you can’t handle the entire package.
You are not evil, but an innocent who was reckless and unprepared for what was inside.
I’m so sorry you got lost in my blurry skies.

<Oil on Canvas>

- By E.V. Seegmiller -