<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399098" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Painting</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Painting calmed you, <br>brought tranquillity to your soul<br>more that a cup of tea could do</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and with every brush stroke<br>of the painter’s pencil<br>faces got form<br>and character and soul, <br>eyes got colour<br>and followed me anywhere<br>in that room.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tuscan streets came to life<br>with little cafés, <br>people sitting at tables, <br>selling bread and arranging <br>lavender flowers <br>against the backdrop<br>of the sky, the sea<br>and villas on a hill.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Abstract paintings reminded me<br>of scenes under the sea, <br>or rural villages<br>with people in front<br>of a old TV-set, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">black girls smiled charming, <br>carrying pots on their heads<br>or children piggyback<br>looking cute <br>in a comic character way<br>and with every painting<br>I saw your skills grow<br>and pictures stroked <br>to the finest detail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I watch your measuring eye, <br>you confident hand, <br>colours being mixed <br>on a palette board<br>and part of your soul<br>became part of me<br>and we shared <br>long moments together.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399098" data-title="Painting de Gert Strydom" data-description="Painting calmed you, brought tranquillity to your soul more that a cup of tea could do and with every brush stroke of the painter’s pencil faces got form and character and soul, eyes got colour and followed me anywhere in that room. Tuscan s..."></div> </div> </div>

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