Vase of Life — Image by kenne
Vase of Life
Around the vase of Life at your slow pace
He has not crept, but turned it with his hands,
And all its sides already understands.
There, girt, one breathes alert for some great race;
Whose road runs far by sands and fruitful space;
Who laughs, yet through the jolly throng has pass’d;
Who weeps, nor stays for weeping; who at last,
A youth, stands somewhere crowned, with silent face.
And he has filled this vase with wine for blood,
With blood for tears, with spice for burning vow,
With watered flowers for buried love most fit;
And would have cast it shattered to the flood,
Yet in Fate’s name has kept it whole; which now
Stands empty till his ashes fall in it.
— Dante Gabriel Rossetti
This image “Vase of Life” drew me in, the poem drew me also. I tried to use the short link to link to my blog, but it didn’t work, so I came back to the tag “Art” where I found you the first time, and couldn’t find you there on the first page(it had at least 4 pages before when I found you the first time), I am no techy, so I stumble around till I find something I like and hope I can find my way back, lol. Yeah, sometimes I don’t. Glad I did this time, this time with the tag “poetry”, hehe I am getting better, but never techy. Long story this could be, wont bore you. Just glad I made it back. I like your work.
Please if you have a free bit o’ time, drop in to see my stuff, my “fiber sculpture” or better known as macrame (done with my tender young hands for over 41 years) at cilipower.wordpress.com. I am going to add a link to your blog when I wake up. Tired now.
I’m pleased that you found my sight. Having spent years as a workaholic I’m now trying to catch up with my life my creating art, primarily in photography, writing and lining up lot’s of things with the universe. I loving blogging — checked out your sight and love your work. I will link to your sight.
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