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Tools and Trade |
For Ron Geitgey
The line of a neck
The curve of a hip
The length of a back
Were his tools and trade.
Stone and bone
Flesh and flint
His hands breathed life
Into marble and granite
Spirit in stone.
The length of a leg,
The twirl of a curl,
The texture of rope on skin
Were his tools and trade.
Light and shadow
Flesh and flash
His eye caught life
With lens and ink
Spirit on paper.
The length of a measure,
The line of a song,
The weight of a note,
The silence, the rest,
His tools and trade.
Tune and tone
Flesh and breath
His lips breathed life
Into brass and air
Spirit in sound.
The length of a life
A curved embrace
The weight of laughter
The light of a gaze
The silence, the listening
His tools, his trade
His gifts, his memory
Stone and bone
Flesh and flash
Tune and tone
Love and laughter,
Laughter, love
Remain in everything
Everyone
His hands
His eyes
His lips
His spirit
His life
Have touched.
copyright 2019
Deborah Edler
Brown |
