Cameron Powell's Poem 'Loveliness'

In the poem, “Loveliness”, by Cameron Powell illustrates the following theme: hold onto loved ones because of the empowerment it provides to one's life. This theme is revealed by the way the speaker describes how losing love is similar to many things going wrong in the world. When the speaker is talking about how love is important and happiness is unable to uplift the person when it is lost, the speaker compares losing love to a canvas, “Life is an open canvas / That will suddenly defy” (7-8). The speaker uses a metaphor to make a direct comparison between love and an open canvas to create a correlation between love being the key to an open and free life similar to a canvas that is ready to be painted on, “Life is an open canvas”. The