Watercolor on Paper, Laserprint on Tissue
12" x 16"
15" x 19" with black matte and 1" black frame
Notes:
On a solitary writing excursion to starved rock, I woke up in my hotel room and it just came to me.
Fire
by Emily Calvo
You are coals:
solid, ready to ignite.
I am flame.
Grounded in your shadows
I rise with your spark.
I dance in your glowing heat.
Together,
We tame darkness.
Together,
We reach for the sky.
Together,
We warm others with our roaring fire.
To others,
I am the one who shines.
They do not know
that should you drown
in life’s torrents
or I suffocate for want of air,
we both fade.
Do I consume you? No!
It is your nature to burn,
mine to light.
So after my energy has waned,
after my dance is done,
you’ll lie, white-tinged,
still
warm
embers winking in the darkness.