Watchmaker Poem by Petra Novakova

The Watchmaker prefers complex designs
Yet, his storytellers accept only simple answers
A lifetime wasted searching for a reason

The Watchmaker provides basic outlines
Yet, his shepherds ignore all obvious answers
A lifetime wasted refusing to see reason

The composer finds inspiration in the divine
The audience finds life in his instrument
The tick and the tock of the Watchmakers clock
Ticking away seconds and minutes of every day

The painter finds inspiration in the divine
The spectators find death in his installment
The tick and the tock of the Watchmakers clock
Ticking away years and decades of human clay

The invisible design of the improbable Maker
A conscious choice to believe, to be faithful
The sheep do not see the forest for the trees

The material shrine of the improbable Maker
A subconscious need to worship, to be grateful
The sheep do not see make-believe as a disease