Beyond the Known

What happens beyond thought?

When we stop strategizing,
as on a forever chessboard?
When we stop that internal, eternal argument,
With someone that’s never there?

It’s quiet.
The air feels thicker,
Because we’re actually feeling it.
Face to face with what’s really there.

Oil and cold wax on paper, unframed.
Available as an original work or print
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