It seems we are always chasing our gods and our saints while our demons are chasing us. Perhaps the answer is in viewing our deities in the same lens we view our demons. It is true when we walk in the light we cast a shadow, there is no way to live without experiencing the pain and pleasure of our angels and our demons. This is a poem about finding myself through a balance of opposites. We have all been here.
A Note to Myself
I saw myself
through the reflection
of a life.
Beyond the pines
and over the stars ____
Through the color
of a stranger’s eyes
and in between the ropes
of a Tokyo tea house.
I felt myself between stanzas
in a struggling poem,
through a reflection
in a mirror that lies ____
I remembered myself
woven in words
my Mother wrote to me
when I was seventeen.
For six years
I forgot myself
and floated
in a perfumed bath
of poppies.
Now I remember who I am
through the portrait of my eye
torn but put back together
wounded but still here ____
I saw myself
through the reflection
of a life.
© Poem Gesso Cocteau
© Photo Art Juliette Bates
a poem that sheds light on our dark or difficult sides…It’s beautiful, somewhere there is also the family pain or family wisdom often coming together. Thank you Gesso, for your beautiful words
Love this so!! I love all of your beautiful creations my beautiful cousin!!
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Gesso Cocteau
October 28, 2021
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