i watch her as she grows
and she gets restless
her mind
closes off the world
of style as i know it
she has an imagination
that developed
naturally within
10 little fingers
i see her smile
and paint bright
smiles on the faces
of carnival clowns and
pretty-n-pink kittens
purple snails and green
puppy dog tails
when she is finished
she turns the page
to yet another
picture and selects
the photo of
yet another
to draw upon
she still loves
art -- the kind
that doesn't seem
to matter much to
any grown folk...
to her any scribble
or sets of decorative
lines made by
simple stix of colored
wax can hold
her attention
for more than an
hour at a time
(c) 2001 SOULOFASISTA
and she gets restless
her mind
closes off the world
of style as i know it
she has an imagination
that developed
naturally within
10 little fingers
i see her smile
and paint bright
smiles on the faces
of carnival clowns and
pretty-n-pink kittens
purple snails and green
puppy dog tails
when she is finished
she turns the page
to yet another
picture and selects
the photo of
yet another
to draw upon
she still loves
art -- the kind
that doesn't seem
to matter much to
any grown folk...
to her any scribble
or sets of decorative
lines made by
simple stix of colored
wax can hold
her attention
for more than an
hour at a time
(c) 2001 SOULOFASISTA