Compromise & Control

Together
the antithesis of
alone
Yet so clearly
linked by compromise
Give up your time
and learn
to ride a horse
to render a
subject in
nuanced black
blue-black
red-black
green-black
Accept that no
one cares to learn
about you
just what you can
add to them
the hue you will
bring to their
blackness

***

Walk forward
on your hands
In this space
you are alone
working toward
a goal
that belongs to you
At first it is just
one step
tentative
collapse
But you start
again
upsidedown
Two steps
Your own persistence
amazes you
But if you are
the only one
awed by the result
Then has it really happened?