Reconcilliation (That doesnt mean its not over!!)

Current mood: contemplative
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Here is something I painted and wrote in 1995 when I had been with Paul for 18 mths.

I came across a heavily armoured man jousting with a naked woman,
like Knights at a Tournament.

He had the Sun for his head. She the moon.
He was riding a lion, she side-saddle on a black gryffyn,

And they were fighting.

But they both had shields against which the lances struck.
And the beauty of it was
that on her shield was the insignia of the Sun,
And on his that of the moon,

So they were each protected by the principles they opposed.

The background against which they fought was arid desert;
They might have been fighting to make it green again.

Yet ~ one had the feeling that if either defeated the other
it would be a Disaster.

2006 Post Moretem

A high tensile relationship exists between the insecure man and the woman of wisdom.

There is no benefit in defeating another person, especially one that you love/have loved.

Since painting this I have been practising one way reconcilliation, holding the dove of peace in my outstretched hand for more than a decade.

But no more. No-one has been defeated. I have retired gracefully from the game. No more energy to fight.

No winners.

I'm free.

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