This pastel was created in response to an event at the
Gorge Bridge in Taos, NM. There is a feeling of vastness
and of something that exists in the open space above the
very deep gorge that descends to the Rio Grande below.
Spirit and Matter, 23 x 30, pastel on paper, © 2000
Desert Poem
Out in the desert
Capricious winds of change
Stir up old passions
Signs of new life whispering
On the wintery land
Sage and shifting sands
This day has become ignited
Wind on fire
Passions whirl and tear away
The veils that keep the dawn from coming
Nothing is the same after love
Essence meeting essence
A small and quiet prayer quells the trembling
Of what has been moved and shaken
By the weather and the wildness of love
Out in the desert amidst starlight
And the capricious winds of love
© Marka L. Smith
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