Bricks and Bones
by RC DeWinter
Title
Bricks and Bones
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Copyright 2016 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
graveyard shift
the graveyard is quiet
the living gone back to living
the dead safely tucked away
stacked in brick boxes
above ground so wet
these bones cannot claim
their six feet of soil
our only birthright
i like cemeteries
especially the quiet
though if your soul is attuned
it might ripple when a sigh
from some still-restless occupant
newly put by
crosses the invisible barrier
between what we call life
and whatever comes after
when this happens the quiet crackles
not with sound but with nervous energy
the kind you can feel
in the part of you that's indestructible
it's stardust searching for a new home
and though i have
no conscious wish to die
i am curious to know
where my stardust will go
when it's time for my bones
to be boxed up
~ copyright 2016 RC deWinter
A view of some of the crypts in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans. First opened in 1789, it is one of the cemeteries there, locally known as "Cities of the Dead", said to be haunted.
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Reimagined and painted in digital oils from a photo by Steve Hamburg.
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August 9th, 2016
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Comments (21)
Randy Burns
This work is right down my alley and the history of it in your description. Wow, impact and a strong narrative in itself RC. F/L
RC DeWinter replied:
:LOL Randy, your mind is as unusual as mine in many ways. Glad you like my crypts, thanks so much.
Rosalie Scanlon
Congratulations, your excellent work is featured in the Book Covers Group. Link: http://fineartamerica.com/groups/book-covers-1-per-day.html?tab=overview
Claudia O'Brien
Love this image, RC....and love what you wrote in the description. You are so talented in both areas! l/f
Denise Clark
Wonderful work RC....I must admit I don't go to cemetries much...people I care about who have died live on in my strong visual memories. Sometimes I think my most useful act will be as fertilizer LOL l/f
Christel Roelandt
Great title and how you caught the mood! Inspired as always, Gina!! L&F&G+&T. Best wishes and thanks again for the poetry every morning with my coffee on G+!! :) :) Christel.
RC DeWinter replied:
XO Christel, always happy to see you there. Thanks so much for the encouragement.
Meg Shearer
Beautifully atmospheric. I love the reds and the contrast with the grays and love the stars and love the idea of my stardust moving on after I am gone. Wonderfully done all around Gina! l/f!