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What a wonderful escape The gallery was inspiring With a mixed medium creation Of a street I've stood on And a view and moment in time I experienced Myself Beautiful Within (withon?) the walls Of the off high street gallery Was an original Lowry pencil drawing Paintings with names like Echoes (I like the word) Light and shade Had been played with And the in-between won I'm drawn into paintings Which I need to learn about Where the shadow Holds more Than what's at the forefront Plus one ever so lumpy Of the sea at night Where it's colour matched the moon Also of note Was a charity shop With a button section Beautiful artwork's themselves With a story Of being purchased before And waiting, waiting For their day I've rescued a few And I wonder If they'll sit For my lifetime too To find themselves In 60 years, on a shelf Being admired once again For their beauty I bought of a book of poems A ball of wool A lifetime of buttons A cheese pasty That I put in my pocket for a while A necklace to wear with a vintage dress Then I watched the snow And wondered if I'd place in a Strand
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