painting – Artist Geoff Francis

The blade

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Geoff FrancisArtist Geoff Francis

The blade drew across his throat And the choking began Then the drowning His crime The gradual seduction Of a princess Then a queen How he longed for his bed To close around him In its sheets To sweep him Into a dream of sorts Downgrey light That should hold so much Promise Rising against a welling storm To quieten the sea To millpond safety And below Easy elegance Sliding silver Death at its lips Armed with technology Beyond any human endeavour The Blade copyright Geoff Francis 2020 Still Life copyright Geoff Francis 1997

The enemy of good

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Geoff FrancisArtist Geoff Francis

Vacuum That has displaced All the air To breathe inside A victim Of thoughtless experiment Goaded on by the fallacious wisdom of the crowd No fragile threads of humanity No truth li If ever it did The breath is gone from it Leaving a child Fashioned from artificial fabric Divine And Defiyng what should be Perfection should not be The enemy of good The Enemy of Good Copyright Geoff Francis 2020 Drowning the Butterfly copyright Geoff Francis 2001