Friday, January 22, 2016

I see Your Image

There’s silence, where grains blossom, the stems of our psyches. I see your image, favored in rituals, to harvest a heartvolt. The texture is silence, for a vigil gaze, that much a heartstem. Our souls entwine, to journey the vast horizon, for more the distance. I see your image, found electric, to realize your posture: the fragrance of emptiness, the fullness of atmospheres, the color of impermanence. We chime in silence, to meet through images, the flavor of fountains. Grace be with us; to live in essence, the patience of years that churn; where beige is in-between, the thunder of a moment, to refocus intensity. I see your image, strong and sullen, to knit into visions: the mind of crochets, the grays of holding back, the wealth of this very vein. We treasure the dying flesh, to catapult spirits, the deeds of too much pain. That word moves us; to tiptoe fragments—of a world shedding leaves. I see your image, as precious as newborns, as able as martial arts, as tender as the last kiss; where pressure looms, to offset meditation, to finally find that space. The heart is Elijah, even Thecla, searching for the faith of Jesus; where measures are complex, the compassion of, Try harder, a vessel climbing temptations. I see your image, stationed at a table, mulling over documents; where a ceiling is leaking, a bucket is full, a carpenter is on the roof. The kettle whistles, the stove is unlit, to realize the kettle of minds. There’s a soul within, walking through chambers, pausing our phantom hearts; in which the texture, the streams of images, to favor your ritual. This is our painting; to scribble in spirit, alive through motivation; where arts are heavy, to heal a heartsore, that close to needing prayer.    

Choosing Symbols

    To speak of spirit is speculation, albeit, a symbol, filled with meaning and designation. In my hunger for the symbol, in my thirst for ...