Seen at the Denver Airport Baggage Claim
Me and I (A Conspiracy Theory)
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When I stumbled onto me
A weirder thing could never be
We are but one and the same
Yet go by different names
We share the same vessel
Yet forever tussle
Like a gargoyle in my suitcase
A stranger in the mirror
I’m in a quandary
Am I…I, or am I me?
LONE CLOUD
(A humble ode to Wordsworth)
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A lofty sojourn
A solitary quest
To territories unknown
Through fields of unrest
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Like a fragile dream
And an evanescent memory
I fumble on
Another precarious journey
Pietà (1498-1499) by Michelangelo Buonarotti, housed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
Don’t be surprised if your eyes well up. Being in it’s presence is an intensely emotional experience.
I was told that Michelangelo was just 24 when he completed this masterpiece. Does that make it a case of divine intervention? We shall never know but can for sure presume.
Also this happens to be the only work that Michelangelo ever signed.
Nature – world’s greatest artist. Though some humans do come close.
Digressing a little from the main topic, I’d like to share some pictures I took on a recent trip to Rome.
The colorful petunias relieve the stark grey backdrop of the Piazza Novona in Rome.
Now it’s the turn of the red orange geraniums bordering the Spanish Steps. Must say that these folks know their color palette.