Behind The Eclipse
I'd always, (always)
Longed to step out
From behind the sun,
To reveal myself
To myself,
(in orbit)
Around quixotic ideas
And years
Of creativity
Left behind me, in a trail
Of glistening bread crumbs
That led me back
(to the music), to the poetry of me,
Of me and my life, as I began
To pick up the tiny pieces
And work at
Collaging them back
Together again...
I started to learn myself
(and began)
To appreciate what I had done
Even though
I hadn't done it
Purposely,
I had (really) become
That which I had been
Frightened of becoming...
An artist, with forgotten words
Strewn across the fabric
Of a very long
Effort,
And now I see myself
Emerging,
From beneath the sea
(behind the sun)...
Fist, clenched,
Bursting from beneath
The surface of
The water
(the eclipse of my life)
That heavy tattoo, that I
Have painted
On my left shoulder,
I've carried it for
Eons,
A burden that I would
Willingly bare again
If not for
The sun,
And the moon's
Magical kiss
(which I sadly missed)
While hiding,
Behind The Eclipse...
Tony Taylor
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My favorite line; "An artist with forgotten words,
Strewn across the fabric
Of a very long effort"
Your words are the brush strokes upon canvas, that so beautifully creates and articulates paintings of art.
Thanx SO much GAYLE!!......I am grateful to you my friend....... and I appreciate, very much, the kind and generous words you've left me here...... stay groovy girlfriend!!.......hugs-n-smiles......T xo ?☀✴✳♥
This is intriguing and exquisitely written.
The whole poem seems fragmentary and fractured...occluded from the reader's eye by more than a mere eclipse; as though the artwork mirrors (and yet hides) the artist (from himself?...certainly the rest of the world).
The writing and imagery here are fantastically rendered...but Gayle's already quoted my favourite line...so it only remains for me to say...
Bravo!!
J ;)
Hello Tony...
The signs that are ahead now are something to keep our eyes on...
Will we get a watchman that blows the trumpet?
Many say the next 40 days is significant and a time for repentance...
Others think it's just another eclipse...
Hiding behind the eclipse...
Well put my friend!
I always wondered what the back side of the moon looked like...
Thanks to NASA I got to see pictures...
Very interesting my friend very interesting....
Great write!
Thank you for sharing...
Hug z and Smiles!
Love and Rockets!
Feathers
Hey thanx FEATHERS!!.... so cool that you were able to see the NASA pictures .......and I feel honored that you shared your thoughts on the eclipse and its potential long term effects........ you're an inspiration my friend..... stay groovy girlfriend.... talk to ya later!!....... smiles.......T xo ?☀✴✳♥
Hi Tony, sometimes we need to see the darkness to find the light ....to come out the other side unscaved is impossible ...yet the sun is still just a bright
Lorna
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Lovely comment LORNA!!.... can't tell you how much that means to me...... truly..... Thank You for the insight dear soul!!...... much appreciated!!....... big Hugs-n-Smiles!!....... your cyber-friend and admirer!!.......T xo ?☀✴✳
We are all no one until we are discovered. By one or by many. What's great about this write, Tony, is that every artist of any kind has felt this way at some point. So you are speaking for every one of them. Brilliant