Art

Art

Where slavery exists
Men are trapped
Powerless to resist
That is art

In cosmos contained
Confined to canvas
Might unrestrained
That is art

Supple and soft
With beauty revealed
Hopes held aloft
That is art

When tragedy wails
Biting swift in the night
Your soul it assails
That is art

In the chilling silence
Of fear unforeseen
A threat of violence
That is art

Within the numbed mind
Terrorized by life
Of faith to find
That is art

Of bustle and plans
The daily routine
Work of only the hands
That is art

After much contemplation
Internal effort
A moment of revelation
That is art

Of true compassion
Trust and love fused
Welded thought and action
That is art

The human soul
Reflecting all meaning
The unreachable goal
That is art