The Florentine -

A visionary painter with techniques so fine

Viewed the world through two empirical eyes

A polymath

That did not fit the paradigm

Thus he chose to redefine

With a curious mind, the Florentine

Detailed delineations, observations precise

Studies and sketches, freehand fine lines

Silverpoint

War machines and grand designs

Intelligence taking flight

In the beautiful mind of the Florentine

High winds, hard rain, a deluge comes

In monstrous diluvian waves

With black chalk marks, destruction pours

In torrents where nothing is saved

You showed us

New ways to know our world

Of what we see and all we could be — ah

Inspire us to reach and spur us on

Daring us to dream — see further

Your notes, fine drawings and designs

Are bound in codices

Voyaging through time

You are a guiding light

A star

Burning brightly

Voyaging through time

To know where shadows are and light is not

Burn brightly

You star

Diving deep for pearls

A gift to the world