Feeling the wanting need
for revelations;
A drowning desire
opposed to the temptations
that saves us and protects us within its religious and non-vicious,
righteous remindings of home.
Carving, painting, striving against the grain-
that which lies within the wood,
that which calls from within and against us
to let stay misunderstood
these, the mysteries,
the salvations, the psalms
and prophetic verses
which try,
try to guide us,
to divinity.
Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012 at 9:56 PM UTC
Feeling the wanting need
for revelations;
A drowning desire
opposed to the temptations
that saves us and protects us within its religious and non-vicious,
righteous remindings of home.
Carving, painting, striving against the grain-
that which lies within the wood,
that which calls from within and against us
to let stay misunderstood
these, the mysteries,
the salvations, the psalms
and prophetic verses
which try,
try to guide us,
to divinity.
“This is what we as carvers/painters of religious artwork strive for and think of when we create our images or at least this is what I feel that we do...” This poem was written for fellow artist Felix Lopez.
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