Landscapes to the Young Mind

"To the artist, 
the creative mind 
makes the sea live or die,

real or imaginary; 
she is the master."

   

Paintings by Anna Christina R Rotor in the Grade School 

Flowers are red and yellow, 

trees are green, sky is blue;

true colors of pure thoughts,

colors of innocence, too.

Nature's curtain, let me count your ways: 

     waterfall of foaming white

     down a cliff of verdant green;

     stream in crystal shade and hue

    among rocks and trees;  

    sky red and gray at sunset, 

    yellow and orange at sunrise;

    black and gray before a storm,  

    dull and gray as rains pour;

    

   lightning in the darkness of night,

   pictures the world at rest;

   watershed, nature's wall of trees,

   life of lakes, mirror of the sky.

  the aurora - borealis in the north

  australis in the southern realm;

Nature's curtain, I haven't painted you enough.   

        ; 

To the young, the sea plays among the rocks and children,

joyous in their games  and laughter;

To the grownups, it's tidal wave spawning on the shore,

in fear, warn of a coming disaster.   

To the artist, the creative mind makes the sea live or die,

real or imaginary, she is the master. ~