The 28th of April 2013

On the Burning of the Underbrush

I have heard the learned voices explain the greater good,

but with ash on my soles as I walk through the wood,
I feel as skittish as the animals that leave chaotic tracks.

Though, I’m thankful that there’s a soft rain to hide my tears,

as I walk I feel the pain, the lingering smoke attacks

the vicissitudes of my being, and I walk in fears.

Day 253
8x10 oil on canvas
art by: Valerie Dowdy
@ www.valeriedowdy.com
 

The 28th day of March 2013

Day 68
18x24 Oil on Canvas
Art by: Valerie Dowdy
@ www.valeriedowdy.com
 

Sky Fire

Beneath transparentpools
of wat'ry color
that compose the iris
of the eye,
Lies a flame
that is a star
burning int he midnight sky,
and toiling to thrive.

Suddenly is plucked
from it's dark abyss,
and in the light
of the world, it cannot shine.

Though it is invisible;
it burns.
I feel its fury divin,
like heaven and hell combined.

I would be captured by the flame
Was I not afraid.
Fear makes me shy.
I could never reach the midnight sky...

But a smoldering star
Within me grows.
it's just a glimmer, a little light
That might
take its place one day in the sky.