Thursday, February 23, 2023

AN ARTIST IS CREATED

 


I believe some people are born artists

to be an artist…they are fated…

while in others, not so destined, an artist is created:


She gave her parents a portrait she had drawn

a portrait of her family…

The three of them smiling, holding hands

next to their house and a tall green tree.


She had filled her page with color

they thought…what a beautiful sight

from the individual green blades of grass 

to the yellow sun…shining bright.


“It’s so beautiful!” Her parents said. 

“You even captured our expressions!”

From the moment she gave it to them

it became a prized possession.


For a while it hung on their refrigerator

for their friends and family to see.

ehere they would marvel at her choice of colors

and her use of symmetry.


Until the day her parents took it down

and joyfully exclaimed,

“This is such a beautiful piece of art…it’s time to get it framed.”


It has hung on their wall ever since.

Even now when their daughter visits she’s elated…

as she remembers that day…

all those years ago

when an artist was created.


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