Risky Rick

Portraiture
Copyright 1998,1999 Rick Landrine

On my palette lies the color of love
on the easel, a portrait to be
my heart plays the part of inspired muse
while Erato on looks...jealously

Beneath my skill and incarnate savant
lies the mnemonic pulse of my touch
images rendered as Cupid bears witness 
I capture your heart with my brush

I'm an artisan of love by trade
and I paint upon your porous heart
using the colors that I posses
I transform canvas into art

"For my gift is a painting that you'll never resist
it's a masterpiece of art to forever persist
and once you've been painted, you'll never outgrow
the portrait of love your life's longed to know"

You pose with agile prowess  
years rehearsing both body and mind
I'm the painter you've practiced for 
and have lovingly yearned to find

In a gallery full of depictions
where the paint by number strokes fail
I'm the troubadour to reprieve you
the only one to prevail 

Only I possess the color your portrait craves
a rainbow of color your heart must see
at the end is not gold, but love that you'll find
a portrait of life, in full color, with me.

"For my gift is a painting that you'll never resist
it's a masterpiece of art to forever persist
and once you've been painted, you'll never outgrow
the portrait of love your life's longed to know"

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