Saturday 30 August 2008

The tears of Athena.

The tears of Athena.
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The Gods will laugh and cry
But we will have this place to die
This beautiful, beautiful place
Where all creation came to grace
But what of suffering, what of pain
What of things that make us wane
And what of sadness and what of death
For what is it that gives us breathe
What of beauty and what of love
What of those stars that shine above
For I have seen life come and go
And I guess I don’t really know
But I have laughed and I have cried
And I have seen love that cannot die
In the light of an eternal eye.
~

Sturminster Newton Mill.

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16 comments:

Lahari Chatterji said...

Beautiful pictures, particularly liked the water.

RiverSoul said...

Beautifully painted, Nick!!
The Tearful face of the beautiful godess, looks so pained!

The Poem is awesome too!
Emotions are Beautifully portrayed.

I'm Blogrolling you!!

SandyCarlson said...

These are lovely drawings. The poem is very touching, Nick. Thanks.

sandy said...

This is wonderful!!! I love love the colors and the poem...

I have GOT to make time to get through your archives...but not today sadly, have too much to do.

sandy said...

and also the bottom painting, gorgeous!!

Staying in Balance said...

Hi! Your art and poetry are great! Thanks for stopping by my poetry blog! I would Love a link, thanks!

Cynthia said...

Such love and sadness, the beauty
of those two emotions.

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

beautiful!

Rhiannon said...

Absolutely marvelous...so beautifully written I love it!

Rhi

Fireblossom said...

Where is Athena's owl? Smiles, never mind me, I'm a bird lover.

Your blog is lovely, and many thanks for adding me!

Janice Thomson said...

I love this too Nick. Touching words with your equally moving pictures.
Beautiful!

Crimson Shimmer said...

like having a history lesson sung.
mellifluous ;)

Rachel said...

Can I please have permission to use this as my homework project.

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