Canvas

• Courtney Hagan, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2015

Canvas Courtney Hagan
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I’m just a girl, with no friends at all . . .
And I like art -
My canvas is my thigh, and my paintbrush is a razor
And I carve patterns.
Red is my favourite colour, and I look at it every day,
And I watch it drip from my body.
There will be that day where I’ll fill my canvas,
And I’ll need a new one . . .
Maybe my wrist, or my upper arm,
Maybe even my fingers.
I cover my canvas for the sake of others;
And also because my art is a secret.
Many question my sanity and my depression,
But in reality,
I’m just a girl, with no friends at all,
And I like art.