An Artist

An artist has his canvas and paints,

charcoal and pastel.

Musicians have their

instruments to make ideas gel.

And yet they are the

same you see, with creativity.

This is how they pass

their thoughts to posterity.

The sculptor with his block

of stone, beauty he creates.

The photographer up at every dawn,

sunrise he awaits.

And so their vision passes on

down from man to child.

And so the vision passes on

becoming much more wild.

The poet with his pen

and ink and parchment.

Novelist and newsman

making in this world a little dent.

To give ones perception of the soul

to mankind is the hardest thing

a person could find.

Critics are harsh and oft' unforgiving.

Sometimes i don't think

their amongst the living.

And so you strive on,

keep trying for better.

Perfection cannot be art

until you let it.

Just let it flow out of you

smoothly and slow.

If it is right

then you'll surely know.

And no man can judge

a part of another.

He don't know the tale

unless he has been there.

So let your art be

part of your very soul.

Plant part of yourself,

you will reap what you sow.

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