November 13, 2010
My Current Interpretations of Two Kay Nielsen Illustrations
![Kay Nielsen](/photos/KayNielsen1.jpg)
I wrap my arms around it
Though it's sharp and cutting
Stuck in it's barren place of birth, unmoving
It's old growth is covered in thorns where wounds had once been
I hold it anyway
Accepting
As I feel flowering in my intimate attention
It grows more delicately and beautifully through my love
Reaching around to hold me tentatively
We embrace
![Kay Nielsen](/photos/KayNielsen2.jpg)
Unseen forces
Have stripped the blossoms from the tree
They have pummeled down upon me
Forced to my knees
Unwilling to fight the falling fists of flowers I love dearly
Weeping
Confusion
I feel my sadness
The destruction
Of something so beautiful.
When I am ready
I will look up again
I will see I am surrounded
Straight and strong
Silent and patient
They wait for me
And from the darkness
I'll climb.
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