Simple Beauty

Of simple beauty is the grace Of flowers painted in a vase The petals painted pink are placed Among the leafy stems well traced As blossoms go, they know their place The petals paint a pretty face They strike a lustrous, vivid hue Within this painted vase of blue Although inert, they somehow move Within the span of their remove They draw the eye in witness to Their bursting out; for what they do Is illustrate the beautiful In pretty vases painted blue