Miasma - More than swamp gas

Miasma - More ThanSwamp Gas

Most , if not all of us, have walked by a pond on a hot summer day, have been moved by the beauty, and yet felt the tension in the air.
I was inspired in this work by an earlier painting done when I was just leaning into a contemporary approach. It was called Cattails and Pond. As I looked at the notion of "Swamp", I was aware that there is much more than what meets the eye, not only in the scene as nature presents it, but in the painting as well.

At the time I wrote this poem which I present here slightly amended.

Miasma: More Than Swamp Gas

Love is a field that holds the precious
Peace is an equanimity that rests in wisdom
Both arise from an understanding of the give and take in life

Cat tails stand as sentinels to the magic
The pond shimmers on a hot summer day
Light dances from shade to shade, hue to hue
The air is tense with an expectation
A hawk screeches, a beaver tail slaps, a hornet buzzes the ear

Behind the shimmer, life and death
bug eats bug, fish eats fish, bird eats bird
Rotting plants

Yet such life, such beauty
A kaleidoscope of dancing miasmic waves
Harmony, Balance
Love , Peace
Witness
Ethereal Wisdom