A soft blue-gray sky frames
a beige elephant who stares out
into a distant past,
as snowy cattle egrets
flutter back and forth
in a dance of macabre joy.

I wonder what you're seeing,
what you're really feeling.

You patiently wait
as an artist brushes
oil paints upon canvas
bringing you to life
in muted earth-tones,
displaying your portrait
on a wall in a thriving
art colony. Your beady
black eyes revealing little
of the universe inside of you.

And I am mesmerized,
fully captivated. For you
are so mountainous,
so massive; yet you wait
with infinite patience
for the last stroke
of an artist's brush.