Artistic Justice

1: There are days I feel older than dust, Still, my knees and hips manage to rust, Self-expression's quite nice, But fame skates on thin ice, Some feel pleasure when you fall through crust! 2: Folks say pen is more deadly than sword, It's not true though if readers get bored, A good blade in a pinch, May save life by an inch, From sad critics, convinced they are Lord! 3: Painter's brush strokes are more than germane, Help to satisfy fans that remain, When they see your hand fly And the gift of your eye, They believe they are touching your pain! 4: Now the sculptor gets tactile delight As the earth changes shape in his sight, He sees beauty within Virgin stone, stretched goat skin, (1) "Hidden things" he brings into the light. 5: The poor poet fares worst of the lot, A word's meaning is all that he's got, And though he's in despair, Castles all in the air, A girl's smile is this fool's Camelot. Long Tooth March 21, 2017 Poet's Notes: This poem is dedicated to FaceBook friend Robert D. Wilson whose post inspired this little ditty. (1) I have another artist friend Mark Halpin who makes incredible landscape depictions out of stretched goatskin!