Renoir.

Renoir
Crucified by arthritis
But still in love with young beauty

Sun light reflected off skin
Pale as African ivory
Dazzling blue eyes
Opened wide to new life

Adolescents bathing
Larking in spring water
Auburn hair flying
Clothing scattered to the Mistral

And affirming his existence
The crippled man forcing
A luxury of pigments
Into the neutral canvas

The terrifying blankness
The negativity of Hades

His fingers curled up tight
As if nailed onto a cross
His pain beyond all help

But the sun still on his face
Dazzled eyes bright with laughter
The fierce light not yet dying


Trevor John Karsavin Potter
April 26th. - 27th. 2015.