Paint my heart 

black and blue 

in the portrait 

that you said you'd do 

sitting by the window sill 

where the sunbeams 

melt my daydreams 



flowers fade away 

and the colors turn to gray 



paint me blue 

like the sky 

blend into the background 

as the birds fly by 

the landscape smeared 

by my falling tears 

i'll close my eyes 

until this storm clears 



no umbrellas keep out this rain 

no soft clouds cushion my pain 

little drops left their stain 

on the picture frame 



watercolors bleeding 

from my broken heart 

let my tears dry 

with the paint