Freeze Frame

Mike Essig
Jul 28, 2017 · 1 min read
Fire and Ice

Élan Vital

Time, only another energy.

The impossibly heroic attempt
to freeze time in art is
forever doomed, if necessary.

Time is a master thief that
steals stealthily away
and can never be arrested.

Perception shifts perpetually.
Subjects cannot hold still.
The abrupt blink of an eye.
A sharp, sudden cry.
The always unanswered, why?

To capture even a moment
is a most masterful triumph,
a snapshot of the True,
although that frosty instant
will melt away too.

Energy will not be bound.


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Honorary Schizophrenic. Recent refugee. Displaced person. Old white male. Confidant of cassowaries.

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