Oh thy artist, I have nothing on you
If you be the God, then I am the lonely wooden pew.
You sing, with open or closed eyes
Words that create images and melodies those pry
Intensely, in my lack luster heart, you create fires
Your voice, deep or shrill, waters my eyes
With your noticeably long purposeful fingers, you pluck strings
Or tangle with sticks, in a rhythm that resonates with us mortal beings
There is regulated mathematics, a definite order in what you do,
Yet as much I can try, I cannot repeat you, or that arrangement in two
As a painter, you ultimately color, draw or outline
But while you see a horizon, I can only spot a line
When I catch up with you on the horizon, you have already imagined a perspective
That will strike me as I stare, and decipher your subject elective
You boom on to center stage, even if the stage is partially lit
Fill me up with guilt of adultery when it’s your character that cheats
Or you speak a phrase with your dark black eyes, which sounds peculiar
But because you say it, I fall into the aisle, my eyes filled with laughter
And whilst I learned my trade, of mingling with wheels and machines,
You were born with your talent of broad strokes and c-major’s
To you I owe a bonus view of the same planet that I belong to
But because I can only follow you, it is imperative that you never do
Oh thy artist, I have nothing on you
If you be the God, then I am the lonely wooden pew.
because sometimes it takes coldplay, tabla and some sitar to stir it all
Beautiful!
The pew is lonely , but not alonely. And is this far worse than being lonely because it were alonely!
Upasna: hmm, what?
You’ve got mail
oh man… seriously you wrote that?? I think it is an art – poetry. And this one totally applies to You the Artist.
Sonia: Thanks. However, I am still not convinced that writing is truly an art and not just a skill. Not that I am assuming I have that skill but it is the artist's ability to transcend reality that separates them.
u wrote that??? oh my! really nice!
Excellent!
Ash/Avanti: Thanks
Wow!!!
however, did you also draw that, photoshop that?
the colours are incredible!!!
looks like an elephant or a falcon or a team of them (if you view close enough) feeling glorious after a victory over lava monsters.
those black circles dont fit in my perception although i hate interpreting art in any case.
very very nice poetry
Hehe… the black circles are part of the wall behind which the elephants are !! I dont see the falcons though.
Alexandra: Thanks 🙂
Kappa: no i certainly did not draw that. In fact, it was created by a computer that repeated simple fractal curves representing chaos. It is mathematics, which I also think of as Art I can sometimes remotely understand.
But thanks for the comment and your interpretation of the picture 🙂
Sonia: heheh, there is no wall. it is just the chaotic edge 🙂