A half-woven basket <br />on the ground <br />Abandoned in the <br />Hot midday sun <br /> <br />A water-color rendering <br />Of silence, warmth <br />A moment all too fleeting <br />Soon to be gone <br /> <br />Who would have caught <br />the beauty of the interrupted <br />The timeless, the temporary <br /> <br />Who would have thought to capture <br />the beauty of the unseen, <br />the subtle, the ordinary <br /> <br />Thanks to the artist, <br />The poet, the bard <br />Who remind us all that <br />Life is Art <br /> <br />And Creation <br />The very act of Love <br />A gift to us <br />From Heaven above <br /> <br />© 2009 Sonya Florentino <br /> <br /> <br />* inspired by a water-color <br />painting of a half-woven basket<br /><br />Sonya Florentino<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ordinary-beauty/
