THE ARTIST

A garden framed the studio, laced with trees and  vines,
  And through a flower-decked latticework the robins danced and dined.
The painter searched each palette plate for colours blends and tones,
  To place upon the canvas face a painting all its own.
The canvas formed a life on Earth, beliefs the palette held,
  With mixes bold and delicate from these a life to meld.

An outline thought must first be brought to life upon the page,
  A house for time, a body-mind, to frame life's foliage.
As thoughts moved to reality, emotions lent their light,
  Imaginations powerful forge the patterns would unite.
And beauty breathed its fragrance through the living canvas face,
  Stirred by desire within the soul these thought tones to embrace.

From lofty thoughts, a breeze of love joined hands within the heart,
  That reached in willingness to share, life's moving work of art.
For no thing lives just for itself, all join in veils unseen,
  So beauty lives as beauty gives, to paint its helpful scene.
As islands rise above the sea, yet hidden from the sight.
  They join within mysterious depths as silent paths unite.  
  
Contributing throughout Earth's change, where once obscured in time,
  Foundation plates, new patters make as trenches mountain climb.
The artist paints his beauty on the face of Earthly time,
  Each day accepting challenges, his path of peace to find.
Each changing moment to reflect the work of art within,
  Inspiring those one meets each day, co-workers, friends and kin.