Escape Definition, New, Poetry, Digital Art, and Photography, Revisited Poetry and Spoken Word
The Lion is Me
through watery depths
you are propelled
enshrouded in blood and fire
coolness cannot soothe
waves cannot tell
up and out
and
into the air
you take flight
pursued by torturing echoes
blinded by fright
look up; look back
the lion is me
the roar is all yours
come back; land
the soft earth is ours
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Escape Definition
the lion's mane is aurelian
my fingertips run through halycon
fields of fiber and timbre
harmonize a resonating roar
tap and chisel
to the higher house
entertained, accepted
now, there is no retiring
back down to the lower
rungs of the minor
nobility
the low lights
the understory
the backdrop
are oxidized
burnished
fiery
raspy pyrite and ochre
blemished contrast
against gilded
sing song
ideals
all performed upon stone
all contained
within the limitless
the whole is not defined
the whole is not defined
in stone
the lion is seemingly defined by its mane
until a shorn Samson, it escapes definition
the sculptor chisels artistry, a symphonic simulacrum
but the icon is not contained by the stone
the lion is only a lion when it is free
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Words and Images are my own. Escape Definition was first published today.
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Beautiful poetry 👏👏
Thank you:)
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Yup! The lion must always be free and roam freely
Thank you:)
That's some beautiful collection of flowers you have captured dear.
Thank you:)
So freaking beautiful! ❤️
I do so enjoy your poetry, it moves me.
Thank you so much:) That moves me.
It's funny how different parts of a poem will speak to different people. I wish I could see the images this inspired in your mind:)
Super!