A/N: This is a piece that the paint of Saint Francis of Assisi painting inspired.
Surrounded by the darkness,
Of life.
No longer looking to the future of life,
But to the future of death.
Having gone many of the places he has wanted.
The gap of lightness,
Signals the only way out.
The only path to take.
To find the light.
To escape death.
Not wanting to show himself,
To the world.
Hiding.
Hiding as a hooded figure.
In the night.
Looking at death in his hands.
A human death.
The skull to prove it.
Not knowing what to do about it,
Or how to bypass it.
Death has come.
And is in his grasp,
Forever more.
Might think of a companion piece like the old "The rest of the Story...."
ReplyDeleteThis could include not just the St Francis we see in the darker painting but the St Francis who wrote the prayer-poem we know as "the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi"
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
St Francis also wrote a testament which addresses his own death... it and other writings and such like could probably be found on the web related to the whole Franciscan Order..
Nice work though... I think your words capture the mood of the painting...
I love this poem Maggie, especially the part that says:No longer looking to the future of life,But to the future of death. I love this because you make us think about how eventually life will come to a close, and the man in the painting no is contemplating his future which is death. Very interesting, Great piece.
ReplyDeleteI really like this poem. I loved the ending of it. Some lines were simple, with only one or two words, but you made your point. I thought it was a really good reflection off the piece, nice job.
ReplyDeleteIt was really cool how you repeated some things, and tied one thought into the next, it made it flow really nice and it was good.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how you tied each line to the next, starting with the idea of the previous line and then adding a new thought.
ReplyDeleteThis was a cool poem and you should have made it longer. The different font sizes really bothered me though, and I think you should fix that.
ReplyDeleteThanks...and Derek it does bug me too but blogger won't let me fix it so that the text is all the same size.
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