We have a birthday party today in Cafe Crem… you are all invited to partying with us there and to leave your birthdays messages for the birthday child!
Even Goethe had made his apparition… !
As Kevin saw this picture which I finished this afternoon, he immediately saw a story within it, and wrote the following poem..
The Leaving
It’s done.
Less years ahead alone
Than behind together
Safely clear of storms
No more heavy weather
He stands in silence
Facing the tree his Father planted
His roots, too, are deep
Always doing what his Father wanted
Him. Resolute. Immovable.
No apologies to send me on my way
No remorse or comforting words
To lighten my load this day
He is not wrong.
He never is
Ten years to the day
Since our last kiss
Which now hangs bitter
On my lips
Like rotten fruit upon the bough
Of that damned tree
The tree that seems to outlast me, now.
My Ears don’t lie
I hear her
The rustle of her robes
As from the house she flies
Oh daughter! Do not make me turn around
I cannot bear this awful sound
Her wailing,
Kept in time by hurried footsteps on the ground
“Mother please! Return!” Her plaintive cry…
“Do not despair, for true love never dies!”
Oh, the innocence of youth!
For true love never touched on him
Nor I.
Kev Moore 20/01/08
I want to invite you to take part to my new “GIVE ME A TITLE” Competition, starting today. The last one has been won by Deran, from USA, with the wonderful title
“Making Sense of Static”
It is very simple: just give me a title for the creation I presented in my last entry in this blog:
You can leave the title here as a comment (and I´ll add it myself to the list of the other titles in my website Goodaboom), or you can go directly to the competiton page Give Me A Title.
By the way: there is something to win: a hand-signed A5 reproduction of the painting.
Good Luck and thanks for participating!