The Water Tower 5
Does the left hand know
what the right hand is doing?
Does the pencil know
where the artist’s hand is going?
Does the artist know
the point of arrival
before he even sets out
and takes his first step
on that life-long journey?
Or does he play the music by ear,
the paint by eye,
the pencil and brush
by the deftest of touches
that follow a path set
long ago in the summer stars
and the winter nights
of longing and strife?
Only the artist knows:
and he might not be telling.
rogermoorepoet 