watercolors

you used to be like watercolors– 

muddled.

like too much liquid was in the paint– 

clouding and blurring the lines, 

making all images become one. 

now, i see you clearly,

just the right amount of water 

is in the paint– 

and the final project is beautiful, 

hung in a gallery–

two bodies intertwined, 

no longer muddled 

no longer clouded

no longer blurred.