To Bob Dylan

You are the artist I most admire.
Your works continue to inspire.
An artist couldn't aim any higher.
Because you are the pinnacle.
Sometimes you're tender, sometimes you're cynical.
You're the top of the pyramid.
You are the summit.
No one else can rise above it.

You give the world a harsh critique.
Sometimes you can be so oblique
A reader has to dig for meaning
Cause you're so inscrutable.
But your art's power is indisputable.
You have a magnificent vision.
You're a poet with a mission
If we but only listen.

I can't describe the emotion.
I can't describe the beauty.
Of your genius, there's no disputing.
You give away gold like it's a piece of tissue. 
Bob Dylan, we will surely miss you
When you've written your last song.
You know the rhythm of the universe.
I can't imagine feeling worse
Than on the day you leave the earth.

The way you tell a story.
The way you turn a phrase.
Continue to amaze.
I really just touch the exterior
Of all that is in your sphere.
Your powers are not earthly.
We know that we're unworthy.
Of all the gifts you bestow.
And everything you seem to know.

To say that you are influential
Does not describe the deeper level
Or the charm or the passion.
You never followed fashion.
Some people claim that you can't sing.
But their words have a hollow ring.
It's idiot wind spewed by fools.
Everyone knows Bob Dylan  rules!