The Art of Inspiration
A painting such
as this
deserves to
be seen;
more than
looked at
or applauded
but truly
seen, embraced
by a
thousand layers
of the
careful eye
A painting
such as this,
subtle and
rapturous,
gentle
and powerful,
vivid
and magical;
blinding sun-bright
rare magnificence,
deserves to
be lived;
More than
experienced
but lived,
driven
into the
deep crimson
of the
heart, spread
throughout
the whole;
moving,
breathing, pulsing
its chorus
of alive
A painting
such as this,
none before nor after
shall ever compare.
I behold its
splendor,
fire
shooting through my veins,
breath
caught in aching awe,
and marvel
at the knowing;
no other
shall ever witness it as I.
