I am master

I am the master, master of art
can paint the true pictures:
of rising sun, mountain, sea
through the jungles flowing rivers.
Can paint birds, clouds, stars, 
 bear and deer as they're living;
insects, plants, elephants and ants  
anything and everything. 

I am the master, master of art;
can make my own brush and paint.
But alas! create raw material
of the paint, brush or canvas, I can't.
Oh! too can't paint these seven 
which are made only in the heaven:
smell, touch, look, hear and taste,
any one's breathe and it's sensation.

No, am not the master, master of art
paint uncountable things, cannot.
Impossible to paint love and laugh 
even my own generated thought.
I have to go again and again 
to learn, to the supreme master;
whose paintings grow and multiply;
of the universe, who is the caster. 

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I am master, master of art
have painted true pictures,
of rising sun, mountain, sea
in varied actions creatures,
plants, animals, meadows,
through jungles flowing rivers,
shining stars, birds, cloudy sky,
insects, lions, bear and deer.

I am master, master of art
can paint anything and everything.
Can  paint the things
just like living things.

I am master, master of art,
can make my own paint and brush
Alas! but cannot create the material
of any of paint, brush or canvas.
Oh! can not create these seven
which are made only in heaven:
feelings of touch, look, hear, taste,
smell, emotions and breathe.

I have yet to master,
uncountable things yet to learn.
Not possible in this universe
I have to go to him again:
the master, who created me,
the universe, stars, moon and sun.

(C) S. D. Tiwari