Darker Purpose
So we get shadow—
It’s inevitable, Love,
I try not to go simple
But in heaven
They tell me
There is no black
Or charcoal
Everything is lit from within.
But not so, on earth
Where there’s sin…
So consequently
Things get hidden,
Well, that’s my opinion;
But just look within
And see the shadow self
Our ancestors made
When they disobeyed.
I’m serious, now
That’s how
I end up frayed
Fallen and full of sin.
Both of us
Our life in noir
And I, the worst transgressor
Am left guessing
Motives and deeper purposes
In this silent film
Of gestures.
That’s my take—
We’re not whole;
Sin has made us
Come apart,
But after life
Has broken us
Perhaps we might
Create art.
El pecado como naufragio eterno! Nuestros antepasados fueron los primeros exiliados de la historia a causa del pecado, @johnjgeddes. Desde ese momento estamos condenados a vagar y echar más leña a la hoguera. Y como mortales estamos hechos de barro y nos descubrimos desnudos ante Dios. Solo ante él nos damos cuenta de nuestros pecados! Te abrazo
Sí, Nancy, y debemos esperar que, a pesar de nuestra ruina, nuestra fe no naufrague
Mr john whats the comnection between photo and your poetry once u tell me
The painting is a self-portrait of Edvard Munch picturing himself in hell - in torment. The poem is about my struggle with my own demons
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Amazing art @johnjgeddes, i like it.
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I like both, I love poetry and painting @johnjgeddes
As it is frightening .... I immediately remembered Van Gogh at the end of creativity
Nice and famous painting of Edward Munch. The best part of the picture is that the painter is having so much courage to pose for the picture even after standing in the hell and pain is reflected from his expressions and texture of colours.....so do your lines mate...cheers!!
Wow nice poet and art too👌👌
Hi john how are you. Yours poem very hard,but soft,I read your story and poem, very nice subject. to continue friend.......
Frente a tantas grietas que tenemos en nuestras almas la fé en nosotros mismos es lo último que debemos perder, incluso de cada una de esas marcas pueden emerger distintas formas hermosas de arte, seres apasionados y sensibles la usan como coraza ante esta vida que en muchas ocasiones nos golpea muy fuerte, entonces así es como también nacen obras increíbles a lo largo del tiempo.
Me encantó, sinceramente.... y con un final hermosamente contundente.
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