Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Quilts

This poem was inspired by Gustav Klimt's "Death and Life". Its an awesome painting, go find it.

This is the world
As I see it.
A place of wavering
Uncertainty caught in
An unescapable gyre.
Within the eye of that swirl lies
Flaccid equality, kept
Under organic lock and key.

But as they are whipped about
The fragrant winds, many a soul
Finds its place
Amongst the
Extant patchwork,

Until their needles no longer
Carry a varicolored wisp, and
Drop,
Rusted and dull
Into my cold, timeless hand.

And though it may be
Wonderful
To live,
I think it fine
To be
Where I am.

For I have my own quilt;
More glorious
and ancient
Than this
Huddled amalgam.

You shall be part
Of mine
My friend
In time,
In time.

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