Painted Over
Ekphrastic Challenge August 2025
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for August 2025 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here.
https://rattle.com/page/ekphrastic/
Painted Over
When your voice is not the one they want to hear
They scream, “Silence!”
Because when you speak, it stirs the masses
And they want to keep the masses sleeping
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When your actions are seen above theirs
They shove you into shadows
Because when the masses see, questions are asked
“Why are you not the one who has power?”
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When your face is not the one they wish to depict
On their mural of society
They yell, “Leave!”
And grab a bucket and a brush
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Sealing over every gap in the walls they put up
Every crack that you have seeped through
Stroke by stroke, in a hue of their choosing
They paint you over
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Rae Fairchild (MRB)
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