Path

“Path”
Painting by Leonid Abremov
From redbubble.com

we the living

are dying

each day

one more

step of our

funeral march

do they plod

one in front

of the other a

tedious trod

or sashay with

a bounce

side to side

are they joyful

or mournful

compelled by

white sun

or wan moon

is their spirit

emotive or

drawn and

reserved

will these days

die in dance

or in dirge

life and death

the same road

meant to carry

one journey

per person

one singular

matter of mind

Growth

“Dramatic Lightning Skies”
Painting by Toni Grote
From dailypainters.com

consider the mayhem
when seasons collide
cracking heads over
rights to the stage

one adamant in its
intent to arrive
another tenacious
unwilling to leave

quarterly clashes
fierce thunderheads
stricken by lightning
contest pride of place

inevitably new is
victor for better or
worse will not fail
regardless its wounds

people also experience
violence of change
collateral computus
joined to our growth

the measure of men
like the seasons is
told by which qualities
outlive the storms

Intervals

“Venice Twilight”
Painting by Claude Monet
From paintinghere.com

pluck from the twilight
soft fairy-glow gems
make of them circlets
imperial diadems set
for your cascade of
raven waved hair
queen of interstice
ruling that in-between
realm where the fade
of the day broaches
nuptial arrangement
with gathering mists
of an inchoate night
how you live in those
moments determines
the quality tending
existence through
dominant hours of
high moons and suns