Ballpoint pen/color pencil doodle
by R. Baker, 1999
lords of the universe
omnipresence must be
lonely.
spewing stars
across darkness,
horizons of city lights
along highways: what
nebula guides wise men
to an image feared
across heaven?
guilt is a face
in the night sky
that answers,
or not,
prayers from
the sparkling
mass of minutiae.
Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker
A question that is often asked in sappy top 40 hits is what would you ask God if you ever saw Him? I once wrote that I'd confirm if it's true that He loves everyone just as they are. But anyway, that's a little too emo for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd I despise that you call this a "doodle." it's too pretty to be just a doodle. haha no wonder you've kept it for all these years.
Nyl, I have a gillion of these doodles. Many are framed and once covered a wall in an old apartment ceiling to floor. I started doing them in Saudi Arabia to keep from going mad in the desert! but the looks of some of them, I was already mad!! LOL!
DeleteI envy that. When I was in Kinder 2, they exhibited my "doodles" in school. It was mostly apples and X-men caricatures. That was the height of my drawing career. It was all downhill after that. Perhaps I should've kept at it now that I know it prevents people from going mad! :)
DeleteActually, it just redirects the madness! HA! I suppose some madness can be magnificent. Or at least entertaining! (Oh, no....I'm sure I've just offended someone by that statement.)
DeleteHaha well, madness is always entertaining. I suppose that explains our fascination with Tim Burton movies and the inherent carcrash that is known as Lindsay Lohan.
Deletevery clever writing rick and an illustration that opens the whole piece out very nicely!!! you've got a river of creativity flowing through you . . .steven
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steven. I like to think so, but always second guess my efforts. My next post is linked to that second guessing, but a tribute to that heritage.
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