Category: Art

The Liberator and The Dictator ~ NaPoWriMo Day 26

The liberator
And the dictator often
Become the same man

In times of trouble
Or anxiety
I reach for Earth

From which I came
And which sustains me

Where resides peace

Hers was the smile
Of a mother in thrall
For her child’s joy

Though her eyes gave way
To the mother’s worry
For the inherent risk of play

Fierce
His swagger belies his years
His station

Dressed for school
With an armful of books
And determination

One small human
Amidst a billion more
Making his mark on one small moment

In this moment
There is no greater presence
Than a child who knows himself

Rishikesh to Delhi
World in flight
Through a bus window
At 80 kph

A flurry of images
In unknown tongues
Gone too quickly to understand

Collected in 1/680th time
A moment stopped for further consideration

On a later date, today

Bold art, like old propaganda…
To announce a new hydroelectric dam?

Drag the photo into translate
“Great Compressive Strength”
Ah, just an ad for concrete

I wonder again
At how unfathomable
The wide world could be
Before Google

…and yet, remains still

Found a little gem
Looked it up when I got home
Found a precious stone

Fearless
She danced
As if everyone was watching

Everyone was
She danced
All the better for it

Though some grew anxious as
She danced
Fearless

All lines of inquiry converge
On a distant portal of glass
Beyond which a tunnel continues
Deeper than I can see
Offering a promise of The Infinite

A burst of colour
Breathes life
Into a space
Of regimental order

The beauty I imbue
On moments and places
Of small consequence
Arises from my appreciation
For the beauty in all things