Kathleen Callaway Poet Free verse

Self Portrait

Each face is like a canvas where upon one's thoughts do trace
Revealing for the world to see our ugliness or grace.
Though slow the task, beware how fast each artist's mark is made
When life's done collecting our sum, it's worn beyond the grave.

Sweet youth's innocence passes like fields of springtime flowers
As each soul's character is forged by their choices every hour.
In life's countless sundry trials befalling great and small,
Many grow refined, some less inclined stumble, or they fall.   

So seek the Master Artist who helps repair our mistakes 
And from life's palette of choices helps us wisely to partake.
Then when we meet to kneel and bow before God's Holy Grace,
We'll find His strokes of perfect love upon each soul's true face.

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Poet Destroyer A March 16, 2015 at 12:20 AM KATHLEEN, Dropped by to say hi and congratulate you on having your poem selected by Soup's Administration. This is a wonderful poem to have featured on the homepage. ~Always & Forever~ LINDA

Skat A March 15, 2015 at 4:13 PM Kathleen:) Congratulations on having your awesome poem featured on the soups Home Page. ~SKAT LOVE~ Kathleen Callaway March 16, 2015 at 12:01 PM I appreciate your sweet note and taking the time to read my poem posted by the Soup's Administration. It really does mean so much to me when someone does take the time to comment, out of their busy schedule. Hugs, Kathleen

Viv Wigley March 3, 2015 at 10:56 PM This is lovely, Kathleen. Particularly the line "As each soul's character is forged by their choices every hour" - I think if we all double checked our choices before making them , we (and the world) would look a lot more beautiful (says Mister Viv, with a face like a crumpled newspaper :) ). A score of #7 from me. Mister Viv x Kathleen Callaway March 4, 2015 at 12:44 AM Thank you so much for the feedback, which is greatly appreciated. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say and watching how others choices have affected their lives helps(hopefully) us more wisely make choices earlier in our lives. However, we still must learn some painful lessons on our own.