The Making of Dust
India

tar, watercolor, graphite & oil pastel on Strathmore - 30” x 22” - 3.6

private collection, Denver

 

This painting was inpired by the poem The Making of Dust.
It was created for an invitational show at Weilworks in Denver
in which all submissions were based on this poem.

 

The Making of Dust
Drew Myron

The car roars past the turned face

no burning regret
no slow moving sorrow
this the near-miss noticed
indifferent

the ledge trembles still we hold
hands dive.
We are this secure, this fragile
a marriage of disconnects
confessions comforts a faint
light forming

This is the making of dust
a layer tangible as grace
the earth cracks
soundless beneath our feet.

detail:

 

 

Morning Rituals along the Ghats of Varanasi, India