Masterpiece

I see a Masterpiece

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