Artist In Me

Artist In Me

You bring out the artist in me
Stroking you in vivid colors
brushing golden rays across
your face
Sculpting you like clay,
wet in my hands
molding you into curves and shapes.
Taking pictures of you
in black and white,
every angle, pore, expression
frozen in Miss Daisy elegance
for me to make into a collage
You awaken the artist in me
Words spoken to ink
and spilled onto paper
Images of you
created by the twirl
of my hand
And brought to life
by my voice
I inhale you
like you are the sweetest bread,
dough pressed with
my fingertips, stretched,
pulled, and massaged
into your beautiful form
And heated to perfection
so I may taste you,
steaming on my tongue
You set fire to the artist in me
I sing melodies of you
violin, mixed with wind
and oceans
lyrics curling, touching
your lips, eyes, and hair,
fragmenting, sweet legatto
flowing to the rhythm
of my hands
as they conduct you,
my song
You feed the artist in me

I found it

all of it
and i took it
grasped it in my hands,
slid it through my fingers,
caught it before
it could touch the ground,
and i caressed it,
i watered it with tears,
kissed it with chapped lips,
whispered love poems to it,
promised it things,
kept it safe,
shared it, gave it away
and shattered myself for it
and it grew,
grew so big, so large, so powerful
it took me in it's hands,
caressed me,
watered me,
kissed me,
sang to me,
and we are one.