Immortality
Immortality
The World Is a ball, I hold In my hand -
So simple this game of existence,
So easy to understand.
The vision of perspective,
Gained from sheer persistence.
Life continues on this marble I hold,
Life speaks through introspective.
One speaks through oneself, untold.
The eye of a storm gazes back at me -
Allowing my blurred vision to see.
Colours and shapes merge,
Sparkles within a frame-
A story begins to emerge,
The view remains the same.
I see myself in my work,
It’s a piece that’ll last through time,
Immortality is a little perk,
Gained by committing thoughts to paint and rhyme.
About this poem
Inspired by a painting I created a while ago… I committed the thought process to canvas first; then did the inspiration that inspired it;
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