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Flower
Who
says a flower can’t talk?
This
one is for real—
dark
black interior
shaded
by blooming orange petal,
hues
of yellow and green
blended
by nature’s unseen hand,
sparks
of a colourful natural life
exposed
to a naked sun.
Sun,
moon and stars
share
something common
with
stalk and leaf,
cosmic
harmony breaking out:
one
begins to wonder
how
a physical world created beauty
from
such an unreal origin.
Who
was the absent designer?
And
that’s true of all life:
hidden
secrets of where it all began
beyond
a limited human conception.
We
can but gaze in admiration.
One of five poems written by Charles Jobson in response to paintings at the BEAT (Borough of Ealing Art Trail) exhibit at St John's Church, West Ealing in September 2018.
The
painting is entitled Sunflowers,
by the artist and ©
Paola Fratticci.
Poem
©
Charles Jobson. For permission to re-use contact
godfrey@wordsout.co.uk.
