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ORCHIDS KISSED WITH BERRY STAINED LIPS

ORCHIDS KISSED BY BERRY STAINED LIPS AND FIREWORKS FROM OLD MEMORIES paintography by Michael Forbus (miguel) AS I SIT IN THE CAFE WEARING THE BLACK CAPE OF THE POET I HEAR THE LOVELY VIOLIN CRYING FROM THE OLD CRONE WHO PLAYS SAD MELODIES EVERYDAY AS I HAVE MY CAFE CON LECHE AND READ LA PRENSA. I HAVE NO WORDS SOMETIMES, I CANNOT REMEMBER THE JOY AT TIMES THAT THE MUSE OF MY NAKED SHEETS OF PAPER USED TO FILL. THE ANCIENT WOMAN WITH THE VIOLIN PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALTHOUGH FULL OF NOSTALGIA. SHE LET HER MAN GO JUST AS SHE LET HER TONGUE GO SO MANY TIMES AS HE WORKED HARD TO PLEASE HER. HE TENDED THE CROPS SO WELL THAT HIS FEET BEGAN TO RESEMBLE THE MUD HE STOOD IN. THE ADOBE CASA THEY LIVED IN WAS FULL OF COMFORT AND BEAUTY THAT HE BROUGHT HOME. WILD FLOWERS THAT HE FOUND, FLOWERS FROM MARS, VENUS, THAT HAD FRAGRANCES THAT HYPNOTIZE. HER HARSH TONGUE DROVE HIM AWAY. AS FOR ME THE PARALYZED POET, I LET MY LOVE GO DECADES AGO AND FOR NO GOOD REASON. I WAS YOUNG AND FORCEFUL ALTHOUGH ROMANTIC BY NATURE. AND NOW I CAN BARELY BRING THE CUP OF TEQUILA TO MY LIPS FOR THE SHAKING AND TO WRITE THE WORDS THAT SHE DESERVED, THEY ONLY COME WHEN THE TEQUILA NUMBS. I DREAM EVERY DAY THAT I HAVE FOUND HER AND SHE HAS FORGIVEN ME AND SHE DISCOVERED THE GOODNESS IN ME, NOT THE BOASTFUL YOUNG MAN I WAS, INVINCIBLE AND STURDY. I WAS A YOUNG MAN OF FEW WORDS FROM THE MOUTH BUT MY WORDS WERE LIKE BLOOD ON THE PARCHMENT. THEY WERE ALL FOR THE JEWEL OF MY PAST. EVERY WORD A CELESTIAL TRUTH AND ALL IN TRIBUTE TO HER. TO MY DETRIMENT I COULD NOT SING THEM TO HER OR TELL HER WHAT SHE MEANT TO MY LIFE, WHICH WAS ALL. SHE WAS AN ORCHID THAT WAS KISSED BY BERRY STAINED LIPS THAT KISSED ME SO SWEETLY AND FULL OF PASSION AND I COULD NOT TELL HER OF MY HEART AND HOW IT BOILED WHEN I HEARD HER FOOTSTEPS COMING TOWARDS ME IN OUR CASITA. SHE ALWAYS SHOWED HER DEEPEST AFFECTION IN FRONT OF THE WORLD AND I PROTECTED MINE WITH AN ARMOUR THAT COULD NOT BE PIERCED. AND NOW IT IS FULL OF HOLES, THE METAL CHEST PLATE HAS RUSTED WITH AGE AND ALL THE LOVE I HAD FOR HER IS ABLE TO ENTER MY HEART AND I ONLY PRAY THAT THE WORDS COME AND THAT SHE RETURN AND FORGIVE MY NEGLECT. SHE HAS BEEN IN MY BLOOD LIKE THIS TEQUILA OF GOLD SINCE SHE LEFT ME. BUT I KNOW FOR THESE DECADES THAT SHE HAS NOT LEFT, I ALWAYS FELT HER PRESENCE, WHEN I DREAM OF JOY AND GLORY SHE IS ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, AND SHE IS A WOMAN OF DEPTH AND GIVES ME THAT PIECE OF HER THAT IS SAVED FOR ONE MAN AND ONLY ONE FOR HER LIFE. I FEEL HER FOOTSTEPS NOW AND I THROW OFF THE BLACK CAPE OF THE POET AND THE WORDS OF BLOOD FLOW AGAIN AND MY HANDS SHAKE NO MORE. SHE IS HERE AND THE FIRE IS BURNING AND WE CANNOT STOP TELLING EACH OTHER OF THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR THE OTHER AND WE WILL NEVER SEPARATE IN THIS LIFE. WE WILL WRITE AND PAINT AND PLANT THE LOVELY ORCHIDS THAT SHE HAS KISSED AND I HAVE NURTURED AS I SHOULD HAVE NURTURED HER. AS MY DREAM BECOMES REAL, I HEAR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NOTE COME FROM THE CRONE AND FEEL HER HEART SOFTEN AND THE NOTES BECOME DOVES FLYING TO MY EARS AND SHE PLAYS A MELODY SO SWEET THAT I CAN TELL SHE HAS FORGIVEN HIM FOR LEAVING AND HERSELF FOR DRIVING HIM AWAY AND I, BY THE BLESSING OF DIOS HAVE MY JEWEL TO SPEND THE FALL OF MY LIFE WITH IN THE SUN LAUGHING AND DANCING WITHOUT THE MARIACHI. written by miguel and i hope you read this and know it is for you.

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Joe Sweeney 26 Oct 2007

Michael, words fail me, sooooooooo beautiful.

Artist Reply: Joe, my good friend, thank you so much for your kindness and friendship. You are very generous to compliment my work. Thanks so much, good friend. Michael

Nira Dabush 19 Oct 2007

GORGEOUS COMPOSITION AND LIGHTING EFFECRS,MICHAEL

Artist Reply: Nira, my deepest thanks to you, good friend and I always appreciate your gracious words and kindness. May you and your loved ones stay healthy, happy and blessed. My gratitude for your comments. Michael

Kathie Nichols 19 Oct 2007

So Beautiful.........so romantic..... what more can I say!!!!!

Artist Reply: Kathie, my gratitude to you for your lovely words about my works. It is after all the feeling we all want. That depth of loving another. Often times it does not work, not at the time signature we would have, if we had a vote in the timing of love. Sometimes it goes and then comes back, as the tide and perhaps the blood that is in our hearts and where we think we store our love is like the tide and has ebb and flow. You are so very gracious to comment and support my work. Michael

marisa reilly 18 Oct 2007

Miguel,, simply beautiful.. I keep trying to get closer to it,, I'm sure it's even more stunning in real life. I see a faint indication of gradual rings of color which I just adore.. especially in flowers or in nature in general..it's surreal closeup but realistic from a distance.. a curious effect that works wonders for this...thank you for you.

Artist Reply: Marisa, my thanks to my new friend. I appreciate your kind words and I use a number of plugins for Photoshop that create halos and such and then I use Color Dodge in Photoshop after applying more color and deeper as I apply in the hue. Then hit it with the color dodge and it appears somewhat luminous. Lower the opacity on the dodge and it gains light. I am glad to talk to someone who knows what they are talking about. My gratitude to you for your kind words. Miguel

Tahnja Wolter 18 Oct 2007

Gorgeous piece!

Artist Reply: Tahnja, I am so grateful for your kind comments. They make the work worth doing. You are very gracious to support my work. I just added you to my Artwatch to see your newest and have loved looking at your portfolio. Very impressive. My best to you and thanks so much, Michael