“Beauty Glut” by A.M.Pine
Beauty glut, beauty bright
maybe I’ll crack open
and my seams
will spill out
a little light
cause I can’t
hold this all
sieve myself
rend myself
funnel
channel
squeeze myself
fill up
spill out
faucet
spigot
shower
keep the beauty
flowing
conduit
current
carry
receiving
repackage & repurpose
from me to you
from you to me
from Him to us
from us to Him
blood & beauty spilled
nail holes & hoarding hurts
beauty & blood spurts
gasping
glut groaning gifts
growing gains
beauty born
give & it shall be given
“Art is both love and friendship and understanding: the desire to give. It is not charity, which is the giving of things. It is more than kindness, which is the giving of self. It is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It is the recreation on another plane the realities of the world; the tragic and wonderful realities of earth and men, and of all the interrelations of these.”
Ansel Adams, p.37 Ansel Adams: An Autobiography, emphasis mine
A.M. Pine - Hearth Ridge Reflections 