Soul Painting
How shall I paint
my Soul?
Not separate
but elemental
part of Me
Perhaps I’ll start
with Tree
Slow and stately
growth of Oak
A hundred years
or three
Not clipped
and pinned
like Bonsai
with shears
and rules
of Management
Or maybe
the blue green
foaming free
of rushing River
leaping down through
limestone lanes
Unfettered
by the concrete
Walls
of over chlorinated
Pools
Or then perhaps
Unfolding
of the purple
Papillon
from chrysalis
hanging on
a leaf
Not pinned
or fettered
on a board
With glass
containing
and proclaiming
Pride and Prejudice