Style And Rhythm: Artist

Have you ever felt the beating of the heart?

Have you had a rush of blood to the head?

Have you witnessed both a tragedy and a comedy, all at the same time?

Have you let your emotions wander through your mind?

Did you ever explore your emotions in a creation?

Forever with you,

Embroidered in your soul,

By the hands of an artist.

His hands are his heart.

The end of the system of his imagination,

Where ideas swim around

And creativity walks about.

I look down at him from the Iroko and

Witness his heart swell with pride.

I seem to laugh at his lips,

Broad with a smile,

And watch his hands doing what he loves.

He creates life,

He gives it that little spark and flavour.

Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe from her book of poems – Words from Beyond when Crying for Myself: Musings of Childhood