Amateurs All Along

{For Julia,

For those times when 

we just sit and 

"remember when..."

and

"wonder what..."

and laugh through tears at

life,

getting no more clear 

as time goes.

So

we just sit and

paint like we are five years old -

as we should.

much love,

C}

Amateurs All Along

The 
     painting of a pot
                          not
                              turning out
               quite like
               the life
               that you
          sip on after serving
                           (or being served)
               tea with friends and
                                   other annoying people -
     picturing Polish pottery,
                    but 
                    out of
          your hands
                         create country with
          your hands
                         and 
     burn
          your mouth 
                         while
          sipping from life served,
                                        which can
     burn 
               like a flame flickering and fueling our
               grumblings and giggles - us
          amateur painters
                         on the canvases of life and
     burning
          with hope that our conversations
          warmed by tea
                              and glow of beeswax
          warm us with the
                              colours of our
                              collective creations - 
                                                             amateurs all along the way.

 - C. Gray