Saturday, October 12, 2013

Figure and Ground

Unknown Artist


how do i begin to paint
this picture?

here
now
today

in thought
in sensation
in body

you are

like yesterday
and tomorrow

and here
am i

the phobic lover
the pillar of organs
 and bone

waiting
for this stiff, unyielding heart

which forgets—time and again—to pulse

to curl into the totality of you
and ease