Fresh off Anand’s Easel

The Silent Lament of an Artist

You walk amidst my creations
Oblivious to the meaning behind each brush stroke
All that you really desire
Is a splash of colour to adorn your home
You then fiendishly bargain down the value
Deconstruct its very being while pretending you have other choices
And then walk away with your new possession and a victorious smirk when I give in
But NO!
That is not only what you have bargained down
You have bargained down
Years of resilience through frustrating failures
An endless, painful toil to craft excellence
A passionate determination to bring imagination to reality
And those few moments of pleasure to finally present you a masterpiece
But worst of all
You have bargained down
Every piece of my Mind, Body and Soul
Every breath of my heart
Every speck of my cosmic existence Within
To create a kaleidoscope of the enchanting colours of Spring
Just to inspire you after a long harsh spell of a Winter
And that’s why you will never realize…
Why I finally gave in