Beauty In Imperfection - a Collaboration With Iris Blade

Beauty in Imperfection - A collaboration with Iris Blade I got too close to the masterpiece And realized it was cracked Blemishes and scars Memories and sorrow I stared as the brushstrokes reflected fault lines in reverse images slicing and carving, desires and dreams And I silently waited For the broken frame For the cracked canvas To whisper their story To give the answers to my questions Because I no longer knew What was beautiful And what was not. Yet still I gaze intently, mesmerized by the vision I find Could it be that life is hidden within this portrait that seems so oddly familiar Where an easel supports Not only a work of unexplained reason, But a deeper meaning In all that I see Beauty behind brushstrokes Not perfection but Affection Love behind scarred lines in blue And this one painting Has shown me what I know And what I want to Beauty resides in imperfection.