Heaven’s Painting
28 January 2014
JIMMY DREKORE
An entry in The Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Poetry Award
It’s not da Vinci’s painting
nor Michael Angelo’s sculpture
Every collector envying
Pure colours of nature
Defining creation
All eyes refuse to blink
Allowing imagination
To think
How marvellous are the blades of heaven
Carving rocks and soils to hills
And mountains with fading lights
Touching intricacies of colours only
extracted from the creator’s glorified hands
Carefully moulding the contours
burrowing the hills for the heavenly trickles
Seeping down the slopes
Heading for a destiny beyond the lands
To the universal pool
It’s not oil on canvas
Nor a screen for human hands
A gallery for painters
to marvel God’s hands
Beauty and simplicity
Blended in a single ray
Setting peace & serenity
Taking every breath away
The ruggedness of peaks and falls sweetly vanishing in the distance
With diminishing blues and fading greys encapsulating lovers emotions
Purely untamed from the earthly dwells like the distant clouds
A moment frozen in time harvesting dreams
If you had born without wings you’ll find them here
And you’d wonder if this was your original birth place
If you close your eyes you still see this beautiful creation
And you’d wonder if this was a dream
Ain’t no man would ever create
Ain’t no man would ever paint
Ain’t no place you’d ever experience
Only up here
The Heaven’s Painting
Wonderful poem, Jimmy, but I'll still paint and try to capture some of God's majestic grandeur.
Posted by: Mrs Barbara Short | 31 January 2014 at 05:59 AM
Welcome back Jimmy. You've reminded us of a place which is much loved.
This poem is a good addition to have to our growing numbers.
Posted by: Michael Dom | 30 January 2014 at 11:27 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Dominica Are | 28 January 2014 at 12:02 PM
Like it
Posted by: Robin Lillicrapp | 28 January 2014 at 06:24 AM