Ashes & Brimstone ~ Inspired by the Art Work of Chuck Close

Today at Friday Poetically with Brian Miller, artist Chuck Close is featured.  Brian has done a fantastic job at sharing Chuck's story, and has called on the fans of Onestoppoetry to post pieces inspired by his work, his struggle, and his example.  He is a man who has overcome amazing obstacles to keep producing his amazing works of art, and I urge you to visit him to learn more of this awe~inspiring artist and his work.

Ashes & Brimstone

Out of the eternal flame

A single spark awakens

And in the moment

For the first time separate,

SELF is recognized

And though the light will dim

Even as dust in darkness

The ash will still carry the memory

Of that light...that warmth

And in that moment of recollection

What is now separate

Will awaken to the realization

That separate

Does not mean whole.

Out of the brimstone

Another flame is thrown

And in the the company of another

The magick that is breath begins to burn

Igniting through the collected union

An army is risen out of the ash

Swirling, colliding, combining

A battalion of color, of shape and of form

From a distance, a Nemeses

Whole, complete

Soldier of the solid

Who knows no equal

But the sparks know

And in their awareness of SELF

The illusion of their survival

Rests upon their respect of the whole

And in each and every individual

That completes the soldier

And thus completes

The portrait.

Chuck Close