Beautiful Captives
by RC DeWinter
Title
Beautiful Captives
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Late Escape
The roses alongside the house
bloom in the captivity of a prearranged pattern,
the vision of a small mind more concerned
with neat and tidy than with nature.
I wonder if they know the heartache
of the unfree
espaliered to the whims of power.
I would like to free them to bloom in whatever way
best suits the nature of their being,
but am afraid they have grown too rigid
and brittle with age
to do anything but break after being tethered
so long to such an artificial construct.
And so, in my selfish craving
for their beauty and their scent
I leave the roses as they are:
prisoners of what never should have become familiar
and is now a necessity.
I know something of brittleness
and the rigidity of fear.
It has taken me most of my life to
escape the cross on which,
like those roses, I was crucified -
all of us sacrifices to the narrowness
of ignorant convenience.
I never was, nor will be, as beautiful,
even in their captivity, as those blossoms,
but I have known something they never will:
the intoxication of growing freely in
my own wild way.
~ copyright 2017 RC deWinter
Trellised roses display their summer beauty in evening twilight.
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roses, landscape, flowers, floral, trellis, house, plants, summer, evening, twilight, RC deWinter, deWinter
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Comments (25)
Bunny Clarke
A gorgeous painting portraying that beautiful captivity. We wild souls never fit in to the neatly arranged gardens of life. :o)
Laurie Morgan
Love the blues in the background! (TY for Summer showcase as honorable mention). Promoted this pic as TY
CJ Anderson
Congratulations, Gina! Your excellent digital oil painting was selected to be exhibited on the homepage of THE GALLERY WALL where this week we pay tribute to "The Rose."
Susan Brown Slizys art signature name
Regina,I LOVE the line "I have known something they never will: the intoxication of growing freely in my own wild way." So much of the worlds' humanity does not have this wonderful gift. What a powerful poem !!!FAV fac tw
Hazel Holland
Love this beautiful artwork and your poetic thoughts that speak volumes about life, Gina! L/F
Rosalie Scanlon
Beautiful work RC, you took a normal everyday subject and turned it into a work of art. L/tweet.
Cynthia Christine
Such a thought provoking image and spoken word.....I appreciate your example of inspiration. It gives rise to ripples of creativity. Thank-you for sharing l/f/p
Randy Burns
Love, love this image and the title that goes with it. That trellis and captives. Wow, what a narrative. Great RC. F/L
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Lori Pittenger
Beautiful thoughtful artwork Gina through and through! I admire and love the intrigue and the richness of depth of meaning that shines forth from your images accompanied with your poetic words...wonderful! lvf
Meg Shearer
I've never thought of them that way, as captives, and now I never won't. : ) This is gorgeous Gina! I love the tones and light and brushwork. A beautiful, peaceful, and nostalgic scene. And your poem... wow. I love the parallel. I'm always blown away by how you capture the essence of life's quirks and complexities. And of course you get me thinking. I think I'd rather be an ordinary wild rose than a beautiful captive one. Beautiful work Gina! l/f!
RC DeWinter replied:
If there's sour view to be had, Meg, rest assured I will find it...LOL..thanks so much, glad you like this.
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Michael Mirijan
This wonderful picture is featured on the homepage of the "Pictures for Present" group.
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