1-800-hotlips (watercolor on paper, 12″x18″)
call the number
if you dare
up from slumber
drop all care
get it right
don’t hesitate
don’t take all night
don’t start too late
who will answer
can you know
miss or mister
high voice or low
do you dare
to call the number
bring the player
into your chamber
hesitate
a moment more
you won’t find fate
at your front door
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Sunscape (watercolor on paper, 12"x18")
red
hot
sun
hot
red
heat
hot
heat
waves
red
hot
glare
bright
sun
flare
bright
yellow
glare
bright
yellow
sliver
yellow
orange
flare
Crouching in the shadows
Doubting, desperate, and despondent
Even the sunlight is drab
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
The body moves
but the soul dances
The voice may be heard
but the heart sings out
The mind invents
but the spirit creates
All art emanates from their creators
All creators live through their art
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
A solitary raindrop falls
On the neighbor’s rooftop
Echoing on the metal
Like the fragment of the thunderstorm it is.
Thunderclouds threaten
Sunlight fades to purple haze
Autumn night has come.
things are not always the way they seem
they could be harder than you make them appear
you smile through it all
a sweet gentle smile with twinkling eyes
but sometimes a deep sadness sometimes pain
hidden behind that smile
you glide through it all
an effortless meandering
over every path you take
no matter how rugged or rough
beneath your feet that glide
because
you are
a fresh breeze
a whiff of the cool morning air
a spot of sunshine
a touch of hope
a warm embrace
a harbor of sanity
a goblet of cheer
a vessel of love
a welcoming heart
a giving tree
a fountain of youth
an ocean of life
all colors of the rainbow
Cindy Lapeña: Creativity Unlimited 