Golden Flecks Among the Ashes
Golden Flecks Among the Ashes 2
Golden Flecks Among the Ashes 3
Emerging from the Ashes
I started to paint when I couldn't think
Too many things had happened
I couldn't think any more
Paint I started to paint
What I couldn't say
My distress
The demolition of my life on the page
Trying to find a new way through the blank
That had been drawn in my life
All stops gone
All lost
All gone
What then is one?
Who then is one?
I don't know
What hope is there
When all is lost
Trying to find a way through a world
All dust and ashes
Is there any hope?
Nope
Struggling with cosmic forces
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Caught up in the chaos The pain No end in sight Just blank No hope No light But then Paint Black Black Black But look! There! Gold! And golden flecks among the ashes.
Art and Poetry in...
Despair has Wings
Acrylic and Shellac on paper 76cm x 55.5cm
Acrylic and Shellac on paper. 76cmx 55.5cm
Acrylic and Shellac on paper 76cmx 55.5cm
Acrylic and Shellac on paper. 76cmx 55.5cm
Acrylic and Shellac on paper. 76cmx 55.5cm
Acrylic and Shellac on paper. 76cm x 55.5cm
Acrylic and Shellac on paper. 76cmx 55.5cm
2001 Acrylic and Shellac on paper. 76cm x 55.5cm
Despair has Wings
In the darkest of nights
In the depths of despair
When all is lost
And joy nowhere
In the dark hidden places
All lost and alone
It seems that’s where
My wings have grown
For in the dark
Where no one sees
Flying things emerge in me
Strength and peace
Hope and light
It’s in the dark
My hearts learnt flight
Despair has wings
Now I can fly!
Crushed Out Art
Crushed Out Art 14, 15, 16, 18.
2002 Acrylic on 250msg watercolour paper. 76cm x 55.8cm
​Hospital of the Heart
Where is the hospital of the heart?
Where do I get relief from this pain?
Crushing my
Heart
Chest
Breath
It’s not my head that hurts
It’s my heart that
Aches
Cries
Dies
Wanting life
Searching
Yearning
Crying
Dying
Black Death of hopelessness
Yet still hoping
Dying to die to end the pain
Crushing my heart
Art oozes from the crush
Blood red
From my heart
Art
Ache
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