Beyond the canvas

Beyond the canvas

Beyond the canvas. A poem beyond the torrent and torment of the Gods. Mortal desire, lust and love.

By Christina Osborne

Powerful strokes and lines

Majestic scenes from the mind

From gentle brooks to whirlpools, downpours and torrents

Angry Gods exercise powers beyond mortal man

Horses gallop, surge and recoil

Greed and manipulation

Thunderous scenes

Punishment mettled

Violence and unhappy endings

But within are gentler strokes and subtle meaning

Images of love

Mortal shivers, twined with lust

Desires beyond the canvas

Oh, Leonardo.