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