Gesso

Gesso..
Oh how I love that word
The fresh scent of a clean slate
An idea on the rise
A beauty and a mirror

Here, you begin to create
Spreading colors in rays of light
That seep deeply into the permanence of you
A fascinating world of visualization

Peace takes you when you paint
Working your mind with blissful momentum
Because at times you will sit there for hours
Staring into the details of your piece
With a still silence all around you

As you move through a work of art
Time warps you
Once satisfied
Look again
There is more to unfold

The illusion is yours; seize it
A painting once started; manifest it
Let there be room to expand
Run like a brush with it
And carve in your permanence

You will think you created it
But life entirely painted you
On a coat of gesso
In a beautiful and thick realm
You awake into each day

Where, like gesso, you are new.

~ B