Paint-By-Number

A simple paint by number. The blues are counting down. You'd imagine it'd be sky. Clouded. A river, possibly. Running from edge to edge. Cutting through the canvas landscape, as water would. Not sadness. All those blues, the 4s, the 3s, the 2s. Shades, still wet. Still easily influenced. On their own, mixing; bleeding, blending, creating new. Emotions colored, numbered, used one by one. Dark to light done hastily. Left textured. Thickened and spotty. Messy to touch. Deep envious greens. Pissy reds, with raging brush strokes. Stab wounds, bleeding. Staining. Orange, yellow - burning sensations. Hot cheeks. Peachy pinks. Unlucky 13. ...lost my count... in the panic attack. Choked. Wet, blurry vision. Broken breaths. Stand back. Not thrilled with the results. Paint it black. All of it. Black.