Works of art

Those of us who look at art, 

Whether impressed or underwhelmed 

 Forget that we, ourselves, are also 

Works of art, created and transformed 

 By loving hands, exposed and weathered 

By time, events, and circumstances 

 Not of our creation; 

 Watched, influenced, or ignored 

By those around us, who surround us 

And form part of our experience of the world.