The Artist Jim

The artist Jim he still dreams of wealth and glory
He has been painting for some forty years
He did his first canvas as a teenager
Still his lack of success often has him close to tears.

In his mid fifties he won a prize in an art competition
With a landscape painting that he later sold
Perhaps he will die as a forgotten artist
And his life story never will be told.

His ten years of marriage was not blessed with children
With a man ten years younger his fifty year old ex wife now reside
By her betrayal he felt quite devastated
And damage has been done to his sense of pride.

Without art he would find life scarce worth living
In his mid fifties his better days may be gone
But he feels that his glory days are coming
And his dream of success in him living on.