The Inward Artist
A washed-out skyscape
where mountains climb,
only to be ripped apart
by small gusts of wayward winds.
Is it that my eye is gray, or is the day
waiting to be colored?
Sky high hues
are contained in small paint pots.
Our inner artist
is looking upon its featureless soul.
That unseen picture
needs us to complete the rainbows,
fill-in the vivid and half-hidden,
to add color to drab fields,
sparkling reflections to every window
in all bricked-up cities.
To daub uniqueness onto the ordinary.
To take a different and another look
at how it is we,
that can wash in the washed out
with an ever-willing eye.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2023
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