Beginning the new year at dversepoets.com today, Misky asks us to write a poem for any of the art titled 'beginnings' by various artists she has posted. I chose this "Daliesk" painting by Shay Davis :
Back to the Drawing Board...
I fell in love with you when
you were newly born,
captured on camera
outside the window in a tree,
through the lens of history
I watched your snowy head and
fresh bawdy limbs crack open
the shell, set yourself free
Little did you know
how important you would be
You've already born
our battle scars; your keen eyes
have seen it all, the entire
picture unfolding,
the damage done across the land
Flora and fauna wish you could
save our planet from dying
We have a brave new
generation of
babes in the woods waiting
The world is in their hands;
the job is immense,
but you are an icon of
resilience
You know how to keep
our homeland free, you will lead
us back to our beginnings
Across the firmaments you
will soar to restore the spirit
that built this nation before
Paint what you will on
a new blank palette,
colors of a more perfect union
In all realms of justice,
take away the face of evil;
erase acts of bigotry,
undo the pain and wrongs
We are at your regal side,
ready, determined to take on
monikers of hate and inequality
Since the time the constitution was
signed by giants of men in wigs,
never has there been such a
dire threat to democracy;
those extraordinary keepers of dreams
gave birth to a nation of
great hope and expectation
So don your hero's cape
and humble fez, my eagles' son,
and lead us in our revolution
