Becoming

A Pink Rose of Wisdom and Music Shots 

Rosy cheekbones meet his gaze with pride.

In a silence film noir,

The statute poses for the artist.

Brush strokes upon brush strokes,

The eye bruises his nakedness.

Sharpens intensity into razor blade energy.

A coherent metamorphosis of

Lines, forms and colored vibrations. 

The wind captures the madness in loose trousers

To transform it into a mannequin.

His lips hunger no more for tomorrow’s dawn.

Be still angles of waltz,

The audience applauds to end. 

A Pink Rose of Wisdom and Music Shots Now.

 

Author of the article

Sika Foyer, born in Togo, West Africa, is an African-American artist and community development practitioner who uses poetry, abstract painting, and photography to engage in discourses on social issues, who and what we are. She threads the ligaments of biology, social science, and the arts to provoke analogies between a healthy body and a healthy society. As medium, she uses acrylic, oil, and mixed-media including organic material such as dry herbs, fruits skin, and vegetables and plays on how the human eye navigates colors, shades, and forms. You can learn more about Foyer and her work at www.sikafoyerartsdesign.com