Down To the Bone

("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)

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