The artist’s inscription #poetry and #prose

FAIR WARNING: This is a dark tale!

They say each picture is worth a thousand words
But only one of these amongst many was ever painted
If you saw them all, it would reshape the mystery of that wall
Twist it into something you’d want to forget, yet forever remember
For why must you always look?
Why must you always know more?

The eye of child
sees the unseen
The mask of age
sees the unclean
I, saw them all!
thus tell this tale
of young ignored
elder deceived
Riding upon
lies to demise
The eye of child

Youngest of two brothers, he had a cute little camera
It took pictures of everything-
of mum and dad,
of home and adventure
of plants and machines
Pictures of wonder
Pictures of secrets
Pictures of IT!

IT was known as the piper, whistling from a quaint little chapel in…