My Work of Art

[Vic Jefferies]

Today is our forty eighth wedding anniversary and I thought I might re post this to celebrate:


MY WORK OF ART
If I were to paint a picture
a portraiture of you,
these are the colours I would choose
to make that picture true:

I’d begin with lots of charity,
love and happiness,
brush in a dash of mercy
and loads of tenderness.

I would take some understanding
and mix in heaps of hope,
take out all the doubting
and replace it with tons of cope.

I’d blend a daub of worry
then paint in a colour bright,
fill the background in with courage
and etch in rays of light.

I would put in lots of caring
a splash of sadness too,
and emphasise the sharing
of the love I have for you.

Then I’d stand back from my easel
and soon I would decide
to eliminate the parts
indicating vanity or pride.

And when the work was finished
I ‘d place it in a frame,
made of gold and silvered,
and attach to it the name,
‘MY LOVE’
(And pray you felt the same.)

Vic Jefferies 1984

[Neville Briggs]

Congratulations Vic and "MY LOVE"

[Vic Jefferies]

Thank you Neville.

[alongtimegone]

Love the poem and the idea. Colours have been used often in song to say the similar. One I really love is My Colouring Book and the best version ever in my opinion was by Kitty Kallen (going back a while now.) If you'd like to have a listen here is the youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9sUuZuqTU
Good poem Vic.
Wazza

[Catherine Lee]

Beautiful, Vic. Reminds me of the song, 'A Portrait of My Love'. Congratulations to you both.