an attempt
to express the things
that cannot be expressed
to capture
what cannot be captured
feelings that have no words
and art
always falls short
like me
following You
But still must try
like I must follow You
though I know I cannot
without falling.
Oh -
but when I fall
I fall
at Your feet
and see Your hand
always
reaching out to me
(Your hand on my head
as You lift me yet again)
art
(and I)
will always
fall short
of the goal
but still expresses more
than if it had never tried
and we fill in the blanks
understand in our souls
feel what is missing
fill in the empty spaces
in the painting
the things left unsaid
in the song
not captured
unfixed...
but
present
there
all around
enveloping
we know what it is
in our souls
You
You
You
Linking up with Velvet Ashes at The Grove where the theme this week is "ART"
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I don't know if you meant it this way, but when you wrote "we fill in the blanks," I imagined "we" as God and I creating together. Love these beautiful words, Michele.
ReplyDeleteooo, Leslie, I hadn't thought of that - but I LIKE it - it totally goes with what I was trying to say. When I said "we fill in the blanks" - I meant exactly what you just did - you filled in more meaning - hope that makes sense. I like the way you filled in and I'm keeping that meaning, too, because - it fits. "God and I creating together" - yes!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Thank you. I want to save this poem so I can come back to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emily! Save away! :-)
DeleteI love reading how you bring each week's theme to us in poetic form :). Thank you Michele.
ReplyDeleteThank YOU, Amy! :-)
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