What would Picasso have to say?
about his painting....At Rest....
of his mistress, Marie-Therese'
sleeping, if he were here today

I know not what, but perhaps
a poet would verbalize it today
~Now I lie me down to sleep
for another thought to pen~

Yet, it is much, much more than that
for it to be visual poetry at its best
strokes of sensuousness with fluidity
streaming to merge with one's senses for
the reality to feel and touch one another

As if one could be on that golden moon
that circles upon her wrist
illustrating fusion of the lover and the
artist after their union
becoming virtual poetry in motion taking
on a life of contemplation ending with
impressionistic owning of oneself
at last a comforting place ~At Rest~

(c) Exultation for the Master's Relative Strokes
18July2011 Vivian L. Dawson