ART'S FAILINGS

I would sketch you with a stylus
your graceful curving lines
running through a new mowed field
bordered by blooming multiflora vines

Or maybe I should sculpt your form
in some type of classic pose
carved in clay or wood or stone
with the merest hint of clothes

Perhaps a water color painting
in impressionistic style
all pastel with blended edges
to best capture that fleeting smile

Maybe i could write a story
that begins with when we met
then reveals all our shared life
but such tale hasn't ended yet

I know a poem can't capture you
so should I even try
to put in verse the girl I see
through early morn's half opened eye?