A Picture in Words

 
They say a picture’s worth a thousand tales,  
But what if the brush in your hand fails?  
If canvas stays blank, colors don’t appear,  
Yet your mind holds visions, vivid and clear.

With words as your palette, you start to create,  
Each phrase a stroke, shaping fate,  
You paint with whispers, you draw with sound,  
In the listener’s heart, your art is found.

A thousand words, they say, a picture might be,  
But what if your words set the soul free?  
Each sentence a color, each line a hue,  
Crafting a masterpiece, unique and true.

You weave emotions, paint scenes so bright,  
With nothing but language, you ignite the night,  
In the minds of others, your picture unfolds,  
A tapestry richer than what the eye holds.

For while a picture is frozen in time,  
Words keep on moving, with rhythm and rhyme,  
They linger, they echo, they grow ever more,  
A picture in words can be worth so much more.

More Than a Thousand Words

They tell us pictures hold the truth,  
A thousand words in silent proof,  
But what if your hand can’t sketch the scene,  
And paint won’t capture where your heart has been?

What if your brush is made of air,  
And all you have are thoughts to share?  
No canvas, no lens, just whispers and verse,  
Yet somehow your story’s even more diverse.

You craft with words, each one a key,  
Unlocking visions no eye can see,  
Your sentences build what hands cannot,  
A landscape of feelings, a tangled plot.

For pictures can fade, their colors can blur,  
But words, once spoken, continue to stir,  
They breathe and they live in the listener’s mind,  
Painting images that time cannot bind.

A picture may capture a single frame,  
But words can set a heart aflame,  
They carry the weight of what’s left unsaid,  
And speak of the things that we most dread.

So when they say a picture’s enough,  
Know that your words can be just as tough,  
For they linger, they echo, they carve their own space,  
In the depths of the soul, they find their place.

You paint with emotion, with passion, with care,  
Creating a world that you both can share,  
More than a thousand words, your picture will be,  
For it lives in the heart, forever free.