| Artistic Souls So great the depth of artistic souls Their roots so hard to find No one can fully penetrate The workings of their mind While other hearts read thoughts of life Just stored on narrow shelves Artistic souls find wisdom In the center of themselves They spin it into threads of gold They seem to weave with ease And redefine the meaning of The simple phrase 'to please'. Filled with all they've room to store They're more inclined to shout For the wonders they take in Keep begging to come out They blossom when they're nurtured In a flawless, lively tone And weep in endless darkness when Their keeper is alone So total their perception of The things life dishes out That a way to study nature Is to learn what they're about They'll sometimes cry over drops of rain But how their heart will soar When a kind thought sent from a fervent soul Touches what they're living for They will create the most lovely things The senses could behold As they turn the grey of faded dreams Into wishes lined in gold In their smiles and tears you will see the light Of a rare and priceless gem For you'll never laugh and you'll never cry Harder than you will for them For each sight and sound is their reservoir That flowers through their art And the pains they keep, like the love they give Become blueprints for the heart |