Category: Portfolio
Artworks
Beyond Wheels
Riley
Teddy on Tricycle
Art with Crayons
Libertad
The Unfinished is Finished
“Come fly with me, let’s float down to Peru.
In llama-land there’s a one-man band and he’ll toot his flute for you.
Come fly with me, let’s take off in the blue
Once I get you up there where the air is rarefied.
We’ll just glide starry-eyed.
Once I get you up there I’ll be holding you so near.
You may hear angels cheer, ’cause we’re together…”
Beloved Giant, Raised on His Feet
The highest form of art echoing the process of divine creation
Let’s celebrate the ideal human form and cherish his wise heir
Let it be a major four day task on a half mile journey path
Let him settle in the meadows and dream alive
Let his focus be the giant beast or the giant warrior
Let him fall because he will stand up from his knees and fight one more time
This massive self was meant to unify, purify, and glorify
But there were tears in his eyes day and night
his sorrows overwhelm his people
he cried out with agony and pleaded for his son
but his cry vanished like a mist on wetland
and as the sun rose there were shadows waiting at the door
the silence answered him and then he stood up wiping the tears from his eyes he gasps
it is finished let life unfold and replaced what was lost
I didn’t help you out enough
see, I looked away after a contribution
not because you are unworthy
but because you are so young
your face, actions, and words brought back memories
memories of children working on buses and streets selling candy
I didn’t want your candy, I wanted to help you
I wanted to talk to you, to see how you were doing
to know how it feels to be you, to understand you
because it is hard to be you
it is hard to work for bread when you are just a child
you experience rejection, ugly looks, pity
you don’t need pity, you need encouragement
because you are outwardly strong
building a sensitive and senseless heart?
Can you hold both and not cry?
I wish I had made you smile
you don’t need pity
you need encouragement for something greater
Are you running and walking fast like a New Yorker?
You looked stiff and emotionless
You reached your pocket for change but I didn’t take your change
you didn’t even thank me, wait for what?
the contribution? You thought I was filling pity for you, didn’t you?
and you don’t want pity!
you started walking away
and then I want to pray for you
but what good have I done to deserve to pray for you
you are too much, too good, too young to talk to strangers
too young to sell fruit snacks in a corrupted city
Tapia 