The Center of Things
By Alexa Szlávics - Own work, http://www.szlavicsalexa.com permission: http://www.szlavicsalexa.com/licence/licence.html, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34083052
I am the darkness,
awaiting exposition
by peripheral light.
You come,fear etched
in the many colors of your face.
Do you know that you flow
from my center--
your beauty, from mine?
I will sheath you in death's stillness
but for a moment
before numinous breath
finds you
and calls you away.
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2016
This is striking, Audrey--darkness, light, color, that numinous breath calling away--an incredible dance.
ReplyDeleteIntense and a stunning piece.
ReplyDeleteThat was way too deep for a Sunday morning. LOL But I loved it....the photo reminds me of a peacock on my son's farm....anyway, the whole experience was lovely in a dark sort of way.
ReplyDeleteOne seldom thinks of darkness as losing anything or having anything snatched from it. This verso is quite interesting
ReplyDeletemuch love...
This is powerful, Audrey. Love the idea of peripheral light in the darkness.
ReplyDeleteSuch complex and intense imagery... The sense of coming together like atoms was exactly what the illustration seems to say
ReplyDeleteI love the sense of using peripheral light... maybe that's why we have the darkness.
ReplyDeleteFabulous....yes the light comes from within us....especially loved this line...
ReplyDelete'Do you know that you flow
from my center--
your beauty, from mine?'
This metaphor is breathtaking....albeit quite chilling.
ReplyDeleteA profound piece - powerfully written - that resonates with layers of spirituality ... to contemplate.
ReplyDeleteHopefully that light within us never goes out.
ReplyDeleteExtremely intense, profoundly thoughtful married to that incredible image. You make me reconsider all of the templates I have been making and coloring. Thank you from the darkness within me,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
the force of darkness is palpable here and thankfully there's the numinous breath...love the contrast...
ReplyDeleteFascinating juxtapositions.
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting narrative perspective - half comforting and half sinister to be loved by the dark.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully haunting!!
ReplyDeleteWhy is the dark so scary. Leonard Cohen said, "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
ReplyDeleteI love this. It seems so true and wise. The darkness and the light are both always present. Love how you express this.
ReplyDeleteMost creative and emotional poetry.
ReplyDeletethere was a quote i used to keep pretty handy...it went something like...do we blame the dark for being dark, or the light for not being bright enough? not that 'blame' is the crux of this, but...without one, can we truly appreciate the other?
ReplyDeleteYou've got me thinking here!
ReplyDeleteI find this striking and relatable (aren't we all?):
I am the darkness,
awaiting exposition
by peripheral light.