Life As A Masterpiece Poem by Keith Shorrocks Johnson

Look for an edge or pattern or corner
And try to build up, build out or build back
Look for groupings, forms, colours and order
Trace the links, follow lines to ends, keep track.

This is a jigsaw that you are solving
The intricacies of which are endless
Or a mosaic that you are laying
Where resolution is beyond tenuous.

Don't spill pieces or disturb the paving,
Kneeling as is needed to make progress,
Though icons and motifs defy saving
The task will absorb you nonetheless:

This is the stuff of honest craftsmanship
Where dedication is the masterpiece.