The Draftsman’s Sharp

-The Draftsman’s Sharp-
by Keaton Foster


Number 2
Pencil true
No ruler
No rules
Creating art
Form and function
Understanding
Not required
Brilliance inspired
Shapes
Figures
Perilous intersections
And interactions
Crossing mind
Interrupting matter
Living like a stranger
Everyone knows
Seemingly but me
I tell them again
Repetitive all of this
Indeed is
I show them
Both big and small
Gigantic semantics
Building this universe
One five letter word
At a time
The draftsman’s sharp
Both ignition and spark
Both fuel and the flame
Cutting me both ways
I’m in some sort of pain
As I create
But the weight of such pain
Is far less than all
That I’m sure
I still need to convey
So as I should
I persist
Daring myself
To further not resist
I’ll be right here
Until my quick death
I will continue as I do
My life must mean
Something greater
Than ever before
Number 2
Pencil true
No ruler
No rules
Creating art
Form and function
Understanding
Not required
Brilliance inspired
The draftsman’s sharp
Tools for the architect
That I consider myself
Feeling as if
That I’m always building
More than I am
Somehow dismantling…


The Draftsman’s Sharp
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014.