A Child Called BLANK

If you had a brush, and with the move of your wrist.

You made a child’s image, and now they exist.

Be the child either/or, boy or girl within this world, how would you paint the child called Blank?

On this canvas, you may paint it white.

Or red, brown, any color on the site.

After the paint dries, how about the eyes?

How about the hair? How much would be there?

What type of weather would you paint for the child?

Whether chilly, hot, misty, or mild?

Where would you paint the setting if you could?

On a hill, in town, in a city, or the woods?

What type of people would you paint in Blank's life?

Those with honest care or those the stir up strife?

What would be the message that you send through the child?

Humility and integrity, wearing a genuine smile?

Or maybe, by error, minor smudges remain.

Causing the image to skew, leaving room for shame.

The responsibility of the canvas is in the painter's care.

Now that Blanks here, will you nurture and prepare?

Lay aside the brush, see the picture you’ve made.

Is this the picture you wanted to paint? What vision did you want to paint?

With paint at your side and the brush in your hand,

Think carefully now. Every stroke will stand.

Ask yourself before you touch the canvas and paint,

“How would I paint, the child called Blank?”