The Artist

Someone creative, whose soul seems to say
His mission in life is to paint and portray
The world as he sees it and bring it to life,
Complete with reality, beauty or strife.
Perseverance is something an artist will need -
Success arrives quickly to few men indeed.
In the past many artists have painted for years,
Expressing on canvas their hopes and their fears.
Ignored by the public, so many sound found
Their days were reduced to a penniless round
Of trying to exist while they practised their art,
With lives very often near falling apart.
Some became rich, but for most it was true,
A life full of hardship was all that they knew.
Despite all their talent they died all unknown,
With never a toe in the popular zone.
For many great painters, it could truly be said
No artist is famous til after he's dead.