Monday, August 26, 2013

We Happy Four - poetry and photography by Cristina M. R. Norcross

(Photo by Cristina Norcross / Sculpture art by Bruce Garner, "Joy")


We Happy Four
(Inspired by a sculpture installation on Sparks Street in Ottawa, Canada)

We four, we happy four –
the world rushes by –
a hustle and bustle of crinkling packages
and steaming cups of coffee.

We let them see our faces –
our open lives celebrated in brass.
If they pause,
we become the statues we are –
a mere reflection of the possible.

Most keep walking –
keep rushing about.
I hold my head high –
chin up,
mouth open,
singing in silence
for all to know
the joy of standing still.

Cristina M. R. Norcross
Copyright 2013


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