Down To the Bone
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("To the Bone", 2018, original encaustic)
Down to the Bone
Over and over
Up and down
Back-and-forth
Around and ‘round
It’s always learning the same lesson.
Learning it again
And again.
Like a species,
An individual
With amnesia
We cycle around
Experiencing
To rediscover
Yet again
What we’ve always known
Not in a rut, but
In a spiral.
And each time ‘round
As we relearn the old,
We learn it with a new twist
Twist of the coil
Which inevitably
In time
Is worn out
In exhaustion, worn
Down to the bone
To a stub
A frayed knot
A bit of tattered fabric
That once supported
Bound and
Veiled the sacred
In a mystery,
But now
Leaves it
Revealed
In stark simplicity.
(10/5/23)
Copyright © James Moore | Year Posted 2023
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