Thursday, May 27, 2010

The greatest of these...

And other splendid things.

John Collier's Lady Godiva

Oh I love thee


I see now you were fine until I tried to fix you

Suturing your orifices without anaesthetic

Insisting you haemorrhage to appease my vanity

Vulnerable and wounded you escape in the dead of night with want for safe shore

I let you go for I know you won’t make it far with your injuries

Your blood is in the water and the piranhas are ravenous

For what it is worth, I love you,
Simone

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful painting. I have kidded every year at Halloween that I was going as Lady Godiva. When I take my hair down it goes to just below my knees. Oh, but I'm never going to really do it.

    Mason
    Thoughts in Progress

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  2. The horse so bold; she so shy. Oh to have been on the street that day!

    Bisou, Cro.

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  3. wow. that's some poetry. and a striking painting. good post, simone.

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  4. I like the Romanesque architecture - we could have seen more of it if Collier had waited for the bloody horse to get out of the way.

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  5. Your blood is in the water and the piranhas are ravenous...
    *so beautiful*

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  6. The poem could be about so many things - lots of layers in that one!

    Love the painting too :)

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  7. "Your blood is in the water and the piranhas are ravenous "
    I absolutely love this line!

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  8. So many layers, so many meanings. Very thought provoking. And to echo everyone else:
    "Your blood is in the water and the piranhas are ravenous "
    Brilliant!

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