Lisa Pimental
“17″
Acrylic and collage on canvas
Inspiration
Catching Fire
By Linda M. Rhinehart Neas
Response
Passion at seventeen is all encompassing –
weak-kneed, breathless –
who can really grasp its meaning
behind that sudden rush of fire
when words drop like cinders
and a look can torch the soul?
Passion at fifty-seven takes more –
no wink and a promise –
but the yearnings of years past,
the tender touch of a calloused hand,
the slow dance of a fire
that has burned forever –
Passion’s meaning – caught in a whisper
and held lightly in the burning embers
of love that has been tested like steel –
tempered and strong.
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