Paint with Words

Let me paint you a picture with my words

And show you how I see this life

Let me paint you a picture with poetry

And help heal away the strife

Let me give you an image in your mind

One painted with songs, the sweetest kind

Let me give you my words to paint a portrait

And show you that words are artistic too

While painting you an image out of sonnets

I do the thing that poets always do

Giving you a picture, a photo from my lips

Dipping into what makes the poems slip

So let me paint you a picture with my words

Let me raise my voice and sing you a song

And paint this image that's in my head

For I don't know if it'll last and for how long

I will paint as I write this poem

And then I will finally show you my home