KW's poetry and plays have inspired various other artistic works. Perhaps one of the effects of mediative, or contemplative art, is that it inspires the creativity of those exposed to it.
Touching the Lord
For Karol Wjotyla
:and so it comes, the end
:deeply embedded in the beginning
:a line within the mind
:a deep fissure in the heart
:the knowledge of it flickering
:the flame extending
:as the candle slowly burns
:and the shadows lengthen
:and so it comes, the end
:life, a shallow sea to swim in
:before the disappearance into the deep
:and so it comes, the end
:deeply embedded in the beginning
:a line within the mind
:a deep fissure in the heart
:the knowledge of it flickering
:the flame extending
:as the candle slowly burns
:and the shadows lengthen
:and so it comes, the end
:life, a shallow sea to swim in
:before the disappearance into the deep
© Sarah Fordham, 8 April 2005
A film starring Burt Lancaster (1987)
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