My Taste of Art

by Chelsey   Feb 21, 2014


There were parts of me that wanted to take your very being and create
a Monet with your expression, your behavior, your detail. I wanted to
paint visuals with words and collide colors in stanzas that begged to be
seen. But nothing compares to Monet, just like there is no string of
pearled sentences that can compare to your beauty, your worth.

I saw you tonight, standing in the foyer; exquisite as Picasso's,
mesmerizing as Van Gogh's, and as graceless as it may sound,
I wished to frame you. I desired, deeply, to place my gaze upon
yours and find truth in the strokes of your elegance.

Quite frankly, it isn't even like me to compare you to an art I have
never been interested in, never found importance in, but that's
what you are, that's what you do. Challenge my ability to find the
serene detail in your entrance, your appearance.

Artists, scholars, philosophers, they all find meaning in things that
go unnoticed, but you, you mustn't be overlooked. In fact, you
haven't been. There is a single heart, a pair of eyes, three words

awaiting to acknowledge your existence.

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  • 10 years ago

    by Tara Kay

    Beautiful. Totally mesmerizing in imagery and wording. I am at a loss for what to say Chels.
    xx

  • 10 years ago

    by DarkLight

    Chelsey, wow... u av started my week with smiles n amusement... this poem is so on point..... beautiful, calling and an art itself. good write.

    jst amazing.

  • 10 years ago

    by Dagmar Wilson

    I love this poem because I am a big fan of art. Great artists were not noticed until they passed on. That's when everybody recognized and appreciated their master pieces. I guess same goes for love.
    Great write

  • 10 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    I love this new one Chels. So much inside of it. I love te story and how the poem is written on someone that doesn't even know someone else has acknowledged them.

    I really like how you use the comparison to art, but then give examples. With the artists. But also show honesty in that you have never really been a follower of art- but you can't help use it to describe the beauty of this person.

    Which leads me to your other touching long in the ending of the poem, that you talk about their beauty and how it should not be overlooked. It makes me think that beauty is only beauty if it is acknowledged. I think people have to grow up hearing that they are beautiful, in order to believe it.

    I like how you ended with the 1 heart, 2 eyes, and 3 words! Very clever and creative and just left it with a very nice soft tone to finish.

    Enjoyed the read. :)

  • 10 years ago

    by Lemon

    This is flawless. Poetry can capture beauty equally as well as art can (as you've shown).

    The way you write, in paragraphs rather than typical stanzas, makes your work all the more original. It's the perfect balance between a descriptive piece of writing and a standard poem.

    Your writing style is semi-colloquial "As graceless as it may sound..." "Quite frankly..." which creates a more personal feel, and even despite that your writing is so elegant.

    Love it, 5/5 :)

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