All-Consuming

When I am awake,

I am all consumed with getting down on canvas

What I see in my head;

When I am asleep,

I am all absorbed

With dreaming images

To put on paper;

The cycle never stops,

Except for the times I pause

To eat a sandwich

With paint speckled

Hands,

And drink a cup of herbal tea that

Reflects watercolour images

Back at me.