Once Upon a Time Poems

Painter's Perspective

On the easel,
the spell of a wounded heart
burning to feel
passion's grace.
Pain softens in hues
like a penitent waiting
a revelation
of unforeseen loves.

He’s painting a nude
who smiles in a friendly fashion,
holding on to truth,
wishing the night grew longer,
as earth-colored dreams rush
with a renewed hope.

From the artist's nucleus
brushstrokes roll on
without a rudder
along the longitude of recall,
art's timepiece for sightless eyes.
One lone giant with perception,
his desire demands
more than just living.