The Drawing Board

This life is a drawing board, the mind is the brush
So get the best you can afford, and let your zeal nothing crush
For what you paint you shall get, your destiny is in your hands
I'll advise you do your best, a master piece with lots of fans

This life is a drawing board, use lines thick and bold
Those as gallant as a musical cord, can withstand tests of time untold
For lines that are feeble and faint, shall be defeated and soon fade
When lost is your drawing useless is your paint, sealed is your fate when only one trial is made

This life is a drawing board, and an artist we all are
Let your surface be smooth 'n' free of mud, for every man is his own star.

Reviews

[Ashwin Shanker]

Brilliant poetry I got to read. Love the way you juxtaposed life and art of painting and the various facets of life unfolding on how we paint our own lives. It is very heartening read. Had a pleasure.
Keep writing.

[Jerryyoung1z]

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it

[His]

This is very true. You only have one life you might as well make it interesting. I mean the worlds going to end eventually anyways.

[barleygirl]

A very artful way to express my life philosophy: our thoughts become our reality. It's always so much more appealing to take in life lessons, when written in an on-going analogy (painting) that's consistently visual thru-out. I love the lighthearted & encouraging tone. Great message.

Last line of first stanza, I think "advice" (noun) needs to be "advise" (verb) . . .

[Jerryyoung1z]

Thanks for your observant review. I don't exactly re-read my writings, thanks for noticing that, I'll make the correction.