Distance is Prophecy
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The distance is attached to futures or
A future. In the watercolour scene
The distance and the future both abhor
Exactness. Empty spaces in between
The hills or in between the hills and stream
Increase the distance from the future days.
This painting is the silent brushwork dream
Of time. The blanker moments are haze
Because tomorrows always are that way.
The void moments on the paper glow
With meaning. If the colors blend and spray
Like haar around the edges, they are slow
To try to enter hollowness. The white
Domains see pale potentials taking flight.
~ Phillip Whidden