I look up to the evening sky above the sea's horizon
And what I see far exceeds
Any ordinary artwork
As the ocean waves are
Rushing about my feet
My toes in the damp sand
The sky above comes alive
In glorious splashes of a paintbrush
Blazing red and orange
Streak across the sky and
Explode into purple and pink
Swirling, dancing clouds of glowing gold
A Masterpiece is splashed across the evening sky
I long to paint but I know
I know I could never
Create such a gorgeous work of art
It's alive and moving and glowing
My breath is swept away
My eyes cannot look away
I'm stunned
Because suddenly with a catch of breath
I know
The Master Painter
Painted this wondrous living art
For me
He painted it
For me
As I stand here the waves out at sea pick up
The ocean's mighty roar fills my ears
The colors slowly fade
Into a new painting that is
Almost frightening
Boiling dark clouds come rolling
In from the west
As black as night and the wind
Strikes me like a blow
Icy rain drops sting my face
But I won't go inside
I won't go inside
The sky is chaos
A storm of raging gray and black
Lightning's flash blinds my eyes
And I jump as the thunder rolls across the sky
Like a mighty voice
And the rain comes down
And the waves crash higher and higher around my knees
And the storm roars around me
The light is eerie
And the sky is dangerous
This is another kind of painting
Of a different beauty
A dangerous, stormy Masterpiece this is
In both paintings I can see
The Painter
But in this one I feel
His heart calling to mine
I am soaked by the rain
I am in awe
My heart responds to the Painter
Who flung this storm across the sky
To show me
In this Masterpiece
His wild heart
